From the Uniform Code Of Military Justice, Section 888, Article 88:

"Any commissioned officer who uses contemptuous words against the President, the Vice President, Congress, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of a military department, the Secretary of Transportation, or the Governor or legislature of any State, Territory, Commonwealth, or possession in which he is on duty or present shall be punished as a court-martial may direct."

One unmentioned fact conspicuous by its absence has astounded me in reading through all these comments.

If the above is indeed the charge then General Stanley McChrystal is innocent of all charges, because General McChrystal did not say a single word against any of those parties - MEMBERS OF HIS STAFF DID. McChrystal got the sack for it. Now go off and read all about it and then come back and discuss it.