Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Gen. McChrystal criticized Obama war managem[e]nt in magazine interview

Thomas Lifson   "The article, titled "The Runaway General," appears in the magazine later this week. It contains a number of jabs by McChrystal and his staff aimed not only at the President but at Vice President Biden, special envoy Richard Holbrooke, Karl Eikenberry, the ambassador to Afghanistan, and others.
"McChrystal described his first meeting with Obama as disappointing and said that Obama was unprepared for the meeting. "

Read the Article here.

'Runaway general' McChrystal summoned to Washington  "An unnamed adviser to McChrystal also says in the article that the general came away unimpressed after meeting with Obama in the Oval Office a year ago. "It was a 10-minute photo op," the general's adviser says. "Obama clearly didn't know anything about him, who he was... he didn't seem very engaged. "The boss was pretty disappointed," says the adviser."  Hurriyet , Turkey

I confidently predict Obama will sack General Stanley McChrystal for his Rolling Stone outburst  UK Telegraph

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