US general McChrystal recalled amid Rolling Stone gaffe

[lsanderson]

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Gen McChrystal said the article showed a lack of integrity

The top US commander in Afghanistan has been summoned to Washington, US media report, in the wake of a magazine article that mocked senior Obama administration officials and diplomats.

Gen Stanley McChrystal has apologised for the article in Rolling Stone. More

Nobody coulda guessed they'd want more! More troops. More time. More money...

Comments

[debgeisler.livejournal.com]

What a frickin' idiot.

Is it just me...

[lsanderson.livejournal.com]

Or is this guy not the brightest bulb?

[shelleybear.livejournal.com]

The Russians must be laughing their asses off.
Good on them!
If our own politicians are too stupid to see that what they are doing is a colossal FAIL someone should get a laugh out of it.
I just regret the loss of life.

[don-fitch.livejournal.com]

/M/a/y/b/e/ I'm just an old fuddy-duddy, but was struck both by the (unacceptably political, for public consumption) nature of his comments and by the BBC News photo of him /o/n/ /t/h/e/ /c/a/r/p/e/t/ in consultation with the President of the United States -- his Commander-in-chief. He was wearing camo/fatigues & combat boots.

Back In My Day [pause to stroke long white beard] military people would have worn a much more formal uniform for such an Event. It seems to me that camo is fine for on-the-job work in a battle zone, but under these conditions it smacks of ostentatious disrespect.