McChrystal Retires, Serves Up a Rolling Stone Quip
Goodbye, Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, soldier in the U.S. Army for three decades and the former head of the NATO operation in Afghanistan. McChrystal was ingloriously deposed after Rolling Stone magazine revealed his loose-tongued, insubordinate streak.
Goodbye, Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, soldier in the U.S. Army for three decades and the former head of the NATO operation in Afghanistan. McChrystal was ingloriously deposed after Rolling Stone magazine revealed his loose-tongued, insubordinate streak. –JCL
’TIS THE REASON…Los Angeles Times:
Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal said goodbye to the Army on Friday in a poignant ceremony that paid tribute to his three decades of military service and barely mentioned his firing by President Obama for insubordination.
It was McChrystal who alluded most directly to his own precipitous fall, standing at the podium and looking out at formations of soldiers and former comrades.
“Service in this business is tough and often dangerous, and it extracts a price for participation, and that price can be high,” McChrystal said. “If I had it to do over again, I’d do some things in my career differently, but not many.”
[…] “This has the potential to be an awkward, even sad, occasion,” McChrystal said, beginning his remarks with an allusion to the circumstances of his departure.
But he tried to puncture the tension with a joke, telling the crowd that if anyone challenged the war stories he was about to tell, “I know a Rolling Stone reporter.”
You know the story. Independent journalism is under threat and overshadowed by heavily funded mainstream media. During this holiday season, you can help level the playing field. Become a member.
Your tax-deductible contribution keeps us digging beneath the headlines to give you thought-provoking, investigative reporting and analysis that unearth what's really happening- without compromise. Give today to support our courageous, independent journalists.
As always, we wish you truth, reason and the best of the season!
Politics
Rittel and Webber noted that wicked problems have ten important characteristics.
Film Review
Hayao Miyazaki’s latest feature is a wondrous feat of storytelling.
Book Review
A comprehensive new book by Vietnam War draft resister Jerry Elmer documents over a century of U.S. opposition to war and the military draft.
Activism
Reflections on the efforts to stop Cop City in Atlanta and on the state's efforts to silence voices of dissent.
Courts & Law
Antisemitic and Islamophobic incidents have risen sharply in the wake of October 7th, but the narrow legal definition of a hate crime makes it difficult to prove in court.
TD Original
Ex-employees at “West Virginia’s Chernobyl” speak out on lethal cancers, regulatory failure and contaminated drinking water.
There are currently no responses to this article.
Be the first to respond.