McChrystal: 'I'll get blamed for losing AmerIsraeli 'Whack-a-Mole' Game" ("War on Terror")
Mort Zuckerman
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Subject: McChrystal: 'I'll get blamed for losing AmerIsraeli 'Whack-a-
Mole' Game" ("War on Terror")
Date: Jun 22, 2010 9:43 AM
ARTICLE BELOW
I don't think we should blame the
generals for losing 911-Whack-a-Mole;
Nick Rockefeller:
http://www.actionlyme.org/AARON_RUSSO.htm
Terrorist-Generating, International Weapons-
Stealing, 911-Performing, Drug-Running Israelis:
http://groups.google.com/group/sci.med.diseases.lyme/browse_thread/thread/df4162cad9d1d1ac?hl=en#
For the last 50 years, we've *all*
been dodging the diabiolical Bushies:
http://www.actionlyme.org/DURHAM_BUSH_CRIME.htm
The one thing the Bush Family taught
the world was that rich people don't
select for intelligence:
http://www.actionlyme.org/BRITISH_PSYCHIATRY.htm
We should allow the generals to use
that argument for backing out of the
failed oil wars. No more of this
"declare victory and leave."
Just say, "Whoops, Darwin did not think
about what would happen if successful
criminals got ahold of 'Origin of the Species;'
We ended up with a draft-dodger-drunk on the
deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln declaring the
liberation of the Iraqi people from their oil at
a cost to the American people of 3 trillion more
fake petrodollars. When Prescott Bush stole the
skull of a 'crook' - Geronimo - no one knew it
would end up at the top of the neck of his own son,
GHW:
http://tarpley.net/online-books/george-bush-the-unauthorized-biography/
"...the mental instability and psychological disintegration of George
Bush was an indispensable ingredient in implementing the actions which
the oligarchs and bankers desired. Without a George Bush who was
increasingly non compos mentis, the imperialist grand design for the
destruction of the leading Arab state and the intimidation of the
third world might have remained on the shelf. Especially since the Bay
of Pigs and the Vietnam debacle, American presidents have seen
excellent reasons to mistrust their advisers when the latter came
bearing plans for military adventures overseas. The destruction of the
once powerful Lyndon B. Johnson, in particular, has stood as an
eloquent warning to his successors that a president who wants to have
a political future must be very reticent before he attempts to write a
new page in the martial exploits of imperialism."
Dumb and Dumbest.
Declare: "non compos mentis" and leave.
KMDickson
http://www.actionlyme.org
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/22/AR2010062200813_pf.html
Gen. Stanley McChrystal coming to Washington to explain anti-
administration comments
By Ernesto Londoño and Michael D. Shear
Washington Post Foreign Service
Tuesday, June 22, 2010; 9:12 AM
KABUL -- The top U.S. general in Afghanistan was summoned to
Washington for a White House meeting after apologizing Tuesday for
flippant and dismissive remarks about top Obama administration
officials involved in Afghanistan policy.
The remarks in an article in this week's in Rolling Stone magazine are
certain to increase tension between the White House and Gen. Stanley
A. McChrystal.
The profile of McChrystal, , titled the "Runaway General," also raises
fresh questions about the judgment and leadership style of the
commander Obama appointed last year in an effort to turn around a
worsening conflict.
McChrystal and some of his senior advisors are quoted criticizing top
administration officials, at times in starkly derisive terms. An
anonymous McChrystal aide is quoted calling national security adviser
James Jones a "clown," who remains "stuck in 1985."
Referring to Richard Holbrooke, Obama's senior envoy to Afghanistan
and Pakistan, one McChrystal aide is quoted saying: "The Boss says
he's like a wounded animal. Holbrooke keeps hearing rumors that he's
going to get fired, so that makes him dangerous."
On one occasion, McChrystal appears to react with exasperation when he
receives an e-mail from Holbrooke, saying, "Oh, not another e-mail
from Holbrooke. I don't even want to read it."
U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan Karl Eikenberry, a retired three-star
general, isn't spared. Referring to a leaked cable from Eikenberry
that expressed concerns about the trustworthiness of Afghan President
Hamid Karzai, McChrystal is quoted as having said: "Here's one that
covers his flank for the history books. Now if we fail, they can say,
'I told you so.' "
The magazine hits newsstands Friday and could be posted online earlier
in the week. The Washington Post received an advance copy of the
article from its author, Michael Hastings, a freelance journalist who
has written for the Post.
"I extend my sincerest apology for this profile," McChrystal said in a
statement issued Tuesday morning. "It was a mistake reflecting poor
judgment and it should have never happened."
McChrystal's civilian press aide, Duncan Boothby, submitted his
resignation Tuesday as a result of the article, according to an
official who spoke on condition of anonymity.
A U.S. embassy spokeswoman said she had no immediate comment on the
piece.
The story features an exchange in which McChrystal and some of his
aides appear to mock Vice President Biden, who opposed McChrystal's
troop surge recommendation last year and instead urged instead for a
more focused emphasis on counter-terrorism operations.
"Are you asking me about Vice President Biden?" McChrystal asks the
profile's reporter a at one point, laughing. "Who's that?"
"Biden?" an unnamed aide is quoted as saying. "Did you say Bite me?"
Lt. Col. Joseph Breasseale, a U.S. military spokesman, said McChrystal
called Biden and other senior administration officials Tuesday morning
(Monday evening in Washington) in reference to the article. "After
these discussions, he decided to travel to the U.S. for a meeting,"
the spokesman said in an e-mail.
Officials in Washington who were familiar with the situation said the
general apologized during the phone call. Biden has been highly
skeptical of McChrystal's insistence that more troops be sent to
Afghanistan.
McChrystal's remarks were made public on the eve of the president's
monthly meeting with his top advisers on Afghanistan, which is
scheduled to take place on Wednesday. McChrystal typically joins that
meeting by a secure videoconference from Afghanistan, but was summoned
to Washington to participate directly and explain his remarks, a
senior administration official said Tuesday morning.
The meeting, which includes Biden and many of the other advisers who
McChrystal or his staff mocked in the article, is sure to be tense as
the general attempts to make amends in person.
It is not the first time that McChrystal has had to be dressed down by
Obama. Shortly after the general's assessment of the situation in
Afghanistan was made public last year, McChrystal gave a speech in
London in which he publicly criticized those who advocated a scaled-
back effort in Afghanistan.
Those comments were widely seen as being directed against Biden, who
had advocated for an approach in the country which focused on
targeting terrorists more narrowly. After that speech, an angry Obama
summoned McChrystal to a face-to-face meeting on Air Force One in
Copenhagen, where Obama had arrived to pitch Chicago's Olympic bid.
White House officials declined to comment publicly Tuesday morning,
but the latest public relations blunder by McChrystal is sure to
further strain his relationship with a president who puts a premium on
message discipline and loyalty.
The timing of the piece could hardly be worse. Amid a flurry of bad
news in Afghanistan and a jump in NATO casualties, U.S. lawmakers and
senior officials from NATO allied countries are asking increasingly
sharp questions about the U.S.-led war strategy.
Dutch and Canadian troops are scheduled to pull out within the next
year. And the White House has said it will start drawing down U.S.
forces next July.
The magazine story shows that McChrystal is also facing criticism from
some of his own troops who have grown frustrated with new rules that
force commanders be extraordinarily judicious in using lethal force.
A few weeks ago, according to the magazine, the general traveled to a
small outpost in Kandahar province, in southern Afghanistan, to meet
with a unit of soldiers reeling from the loss of a comrade, 23-year-
old Cpl. Michael Ingram.
The corporal was killed in a booby-trapped house that some of the
unit's commanders had unsuccessfully sought permission to blow up.
One soldier at the outpost showed Hastings, who was traveling with the
general, a written directive instructing troops to "patrol only in
areas that you are reasonably certain that you will not have to defend
yourself with lethal force."
During a tense meeting with Ingram's platoon, one sergeant tells
McChrystal: "Sir, some of the guys here, sir, think we're losing,
sir."
McChrystal has championed a counterinsurgency strategy that
prioritizes protecting the population as a means to marginalize and
ultimately defeat the insurgency. Because new rules sharply restrict
the circumstances under which air strikes and other lethal operations
that have resulted in civilian casualties can be conducted, some
soldiers say the strategy has left them more exposed.
June is on track to be the deadliest month for NATO troops in
Afghanistan since the war began nearly nine years ago. At least 63
NATO troops have been killed so far this month, including 10 who died
Monday in a helicopter crash and a series of attacks.
In his statement, McChrystal says he has "enormous respect and
admiration for President Obama and his national security team."
"Throughout my career, I have lived by the principles of personal
honor and professional integrity," the general said. "What is
reflected in this article falls far short of that standard."
More Washington Post coverage of Afghanistan:
The divide between Eikenberry and McChrystal has a long history.
Britain's special representative to Afghanistan has resigned and the
British government is reviewing whether to fill the job.
The Kandahar offensive will take months longer than originally
planned.
Shear reported from Washington.
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