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 | Posted On: 06/23/2010 At: 12:36:55 PM |
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I guess (at least, I hope) you all have heard about it, but here's a link. It's been all over the news since yesterday. He is in hot water over it. Today he had a private meeting with the President, and Obama probably aked him over the coals.
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/17390/119236
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| [ Edited by: Albert-1 on 06/23/2010 12:39:35 PM ] |
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"Facts are the enemy of truth".
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I skimmed the frist 4-5 pages and it seems it is his staff that said the most "disrespectful" stuff.
I don't personally see what all the fuss is about. A group of soldiers talking shit like they always do - most of it is not to be taken seriously - it is just the back-and-forth between soldiers that happens every day.
What am I missing? 
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...What am I missing?
the opportunistic hunger to see anything in politics framed as diabolical?
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[ Edited by: kan5a5 on 06/23/2010 1:27:09 PM ] |
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Originally posted by MerryA
I skimmed the frist 4-5 pages and it seems it is his staff that said the most "disrespectful" stuff.
I don't personally see what all the fuss is about. A group of soldiers talking shit like they always do - most of it is not to be taken seriously - it is just the back-and-forth between soldiers that happens every day.
What am I missing?
It's not "just talking shit". It's undermining the stability of what we are trying to do. Machrystal said it to a magazine reporter, and as such, it does deserve to be taken seriously.
BTW, Obama was on TV just now, and he has fired McChrystal.
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it is just the back-and-forth between soldiers that happens every day.
No it wasn't. It was the general in charge of America's longest running war running down the CIC to Rolling Stone Magazine.
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"Sometimes I think it's a sin, when I feel like I'm winning when I'm losing again."
~Sundown, Gordon Lightfoot
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If he had said it abt a repug pres. the repugs would be calling for his head on a platter.
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"Rolling Stone" still has a sizable circulation in actual paper magazine form. 1.5 million. No telling how many subscribers on the web versions.
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"Rolling Stone" still has a sizable circulation in actual paper magazine form. 1.5 million. No telling how many subscribers on the web versions.
I buy it every so often.
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Liz...Still have an original W/Jim Morrison on the cover. Two newspapers NYTimes and Philly Inquirer day after JFK's murder. Same two with man landing on moon..I can use my photo booth if you have any interest...and I can find them!
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when has an 'under new management' sign not helped?
i think a sponsor that resinates with the afghani people wouldn't hurt.
got it...brought to you by FOOD and EMPLOYMENT?
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I didn't read the whole thing so I missed the dis of Obama. I fired a guy one time who shot me a bird - I was his immediate supervisor. 
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Originally posted by kan5a5
i think a sponsor that resinates with the afghani people wouldn't hurt.
got it...brought to you by FOOD and EMPLOYMENT?
Does American troops protecting the poppy growers and their crop quality?
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"Sometimes I think it's a sin, when I feel like I'm winning when I'm losing again."
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Generals don't dis the CINC in the press. Well, pretty much no subordinate is supposed to dis his superior in the press while in the military. As soon as I read some of the things he said, I thought that maybe someone was going to "retire" a little earlier than planned...
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Originally posted by MerryA
I didn't read the whole thing so I missed the dis of Obama. I fired a guy one time who shot me a bird - I was his immediate supervisor.
 Da birdie got the axe. I hope his little birdie didn't get the axe. Is he married? The poor wife.
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Originally posted by LASHB
Generals don't dis the CINC in the press. Well, pretty much no subordinate is supposed to dis his superior in the press while in the military. As soon as I read some of the things he said, I thought that maybe someone was going to "retire" a little earlier than planned...
Oh, bullshit. In the context of where it happened the Rolling Stoner ought to be fried by his lil rolling doobie britches.
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... In the context of where it happened the Rolling Stoner ought to be fried by his lil rolling doobie britches.
I doubt he'll be getting any indepth interviews in the near future and possiby never.
As for McChrystal, loose lips sink ships. Buh-Bye.
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The reporter did nothing wrong. He just opened the trap door for a bunch of idgits to hang themselves. Flix may be right, but 60 minutes has been doing it for decades.
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Flix may be right, but 60 minutes has been doing it for decades.
You're right. Also, I cannot believe that pedaphile(?) show where those pervs get popped meeting 'underage' kids! On one show they popped a guy who they'd caught on a previous sting. WTF?
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| Posted On: 06/26/2010 At: 11:06:10 PM | | | Reply Link |
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McChrystal's staff shot their mouth off, and he dis'ed the twit of a amasador. He was far from a McArthor move. But he should have knowen better, and He & Obama knew there wasn't a lot of options. Let it slide, Obama is weak, fire him and he has thin skin. They were both screwed by bad timing. Why he let a far left reporter join his crew in a bar, waiting for a plane and getting loaded. That alone should have gotten him fired. Bush did the same. Shooting your mouth off around a reporter is plain stupid...
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Originally posted by LASHB
Generals don't dis the CINC in the press. Well, pretty much no subordinate is supposed to dis his superior in the press while in the military. As soon as I read some of the things he said, I thought that maybe someone was going to "retire" a little earlier than planned...
http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/06/28/gen-mcchrystal-to-retire/
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