General Stanley McChrystal
pdf of Rolling Stone article - 'Runaway General', featuring 4 star General Stanley McChrystal.
They can say a lot about him, but that he ever ran away from anything, isn't one of them.
General McChrystal resigned following the article being made public.
As I see it, he simply speaks the truth about how he feels and has been carpeted by politicians who think more about the suits and desks they occupy than they do about winning a battle.
General McChrystal told them straight and was busted for it, yet by all accounts the troops under his command are dedicated to him.
He often fought alongside his men at the front of the battle zone, and despite his infamy for speaking his mind as opposed to following protocol like a tin pot General, unlike politicians, McChrystal has shown vision, bold leadership, an aim to get the job done, and the guts to do it.
Yet given General McChrystal's personality and history as a U.S. soldier. if the U.S. Administration had a problem with a guy speaking his mind, then it was Obama's fault for choosing him to lead NATO operations in Afghanistan. Didn't Obama ever read his file? Because on all accounts, General McChrystal's operational history as related in part by the article, placed him alongside the likes of General George S Patton who despite him having made many political gaffes, he got the job done in Europe by breaking protocol.
Afghanistan lost a fine General when they lost McChrystal and it may just bring about a wind of change which will have greater results than the loss of one General in Afghanistan. His sacking could lead to the loss of initiative in Afghanistan, cost lives, and could eventually be the catalyst to bring down Obama's own administration as talk of victory has since been replaced with 'progress' with little or no explanation of what that progress actually is.
Read article in pdf below
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