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The media world is abuzz today with the question of "Should Obama Fire General McChrystal?" This controversy has been stoked by an article that appeared in the most recent issue of 'Rolling Stone'. The Rolling Stone article inadvertently paints the picture of quagmire in Afghanistan.General Stanley McChrystal is currently the Commander of the International Security Assistance Force and Commander of the U.S. Forces Afghanistan; jobs so daunting that McChrystal (according to many) feels the need to eat once a day and sleep only four hours a night.Here are some of the quotes in the article that have put McChrystal on the hotseatMcChrystal's first meeting with Obama:According to sources familiar with the meeting, "McChrystal thought Obama looked "uncomfortable and intimidated" by the roomful of military brass. McChrystal's first one-on-one meeting with Obama:It was a 10-minute photo op," says an adviser to McChrystal."Obama clearly didn't know anything about him, who he was. Here's the guy who's going to run his fucking war, but he didn't seem very engaged. The Boss was pretty disappointed."One aide calls Jim Jones, a retired four-star general and veteran of the Cold War, a "clown" who remains "stuck in 1985."However, McChrystal's questionable antics long precede this event. General McChrystal played a key role in the Pat Tillman cover-up.Perhaps the most bothersome quote from this piece though is on Afghanistan's democratically-elected(???) President Hamid Karzai"He's been locked up in his palace the past year," laments one of the general's top advisers. At times, Karzai himself has actively undermined McChrystal's desire to put him in charge. During a recent visit to Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Karzai met three U.S. soldiers who had been wounded in Uruzgan province. "General," he called out to McChrystal, "I didn't even know we were fighting in Uruzgan!"McChrystal meets with Obama on 6/23/10. One can only assume the topic of this impromptu meeting will be the quotes in this Rolling Stone article.Description by Chris Novembrino.DISCOUNTS: http://www.theyoungturks.com/g... Movies(!): http://www.netflix.com/tytNote... The above two links are for TYT sponsors.New TYT Facebook Page(!): http://www.facebook.com/tytnat... us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/theyoungtur... TYT Network (new WTF?! channel): http://www.youtube.com/user/wh... Out TYT Interviews http://www.youtube.com/user/TY... Watch more at http://www.theyoungturks.comNo... MSNBC's Keith Olbermann suggested that president Obama reject McChrystal's resignation. |
