General Stanley McChrystal

[soda72]

ya gotta love this guy...

And his reaction to being required to attend a dinner in Paris with a French minister seems embarrassingly puerile

"I'd rather have my bellybutton kicked by a roomful of people than attend this dinner," he tells his staff. "Unfortunately, no-one in this room could do it."

 

The article revisits the US military's contempt for the efforts of its Nato allies, helpfully reminding us that ISAF is said to stand for "I Suck At Fighting

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/us_and_canada/10383609.stm


gone by the end of the week?

Any takers?

 

[uptown]

Tomorrow you'll have to edit the title of this thread "Private Stanley McChrystal"  


I just now read a CCN report that the general has submitted his resignation, according to a Times magazine reporter.

[oakranger]

Tomorrow you'll have to edit the title of this thread "Private Stanley McChrystal" 

Or Stanley McChrystal. 

[Babalonian]

Just the wrong time and the wrong place for his kind of General IMHO.

[SoonerMP]

Or award him a medal. 

[USRanger]

Real warriors and politicians are at totally opposite ends of the spectrum.  Always have been, always will be.

[Selino631]

hes probably stressed out like hell, he has so much pressure on him with everything going on the way it is there. I dont blame him for trying to make a joke or 2

[Stoney]

I'd be curious to know what the relationship between he, his staff, and the reporter was purported to be originally.  The dialogue is so frank between these guys that I have to think that most of those comments were made "off the record".  I wonder if this reporter decided to simply piss away the relationship he built because he saw that the potential story would be bigger.

Wouldn't be the first journalist that let the Pulitzer blind them from the previously agreed-upon relationships.  I mean, this guy obviously lived with the General and his staff for some time to get the material in the article.  I can't believe that the General and his staff thought that the more colorful stuff would be included in an article.

Very odd to me, and couldn't have happened at a worse time.  While I'm not usually a conspiracy guy, this one smacks of something larger, in my opinion.  A lot like when I was in the Balkans in the late 90's.

I hope he enjoys his retirement--he's earned it.

[uptown]

 This all stems from article in Rolling Stone. You can read the whole thing on MSNBC too.

[Jayhawk]

While I'm not usually a conspiracy guy, this one smacks of something larger, in my opinion.  A lot like when I was in the Balkans in the late 90's.

I don't think it's breaking news or surprising at all that a reporter, especially one for Rolling Stone magazine, would want to put juicy information in an article.  What's surprising about all this is that a 4-star general thought it was okay to say these things to a reporter from Rolling Stone magazine, really!?

[avionix]

Real warriors and politicians are at totally opposite ends of the spectrum.  Always have been, always will be.

A modern George Patton.

[fbWldcat]

See First Amendment (Bill of Rights). 

[Raptor]

See First Amendment (Bill of Rights). 

Does not apply

[fbWldcat]

Sad but true

[uptown]

See First Amendment (Bill of Rights). 

you've never been in the military huh?  The good general will be lucky if he's not brought up on charges. Military Code of Conduct apply to service personal not the Bill Of Rights.