Comments on: Did Rolling Stone Snooker General McChrystal?

By: Fort Smith Sam

Fort Smith Sam — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 20:56:05 +0000

One rule of reporting.

Report.

Who, what, when, where… and sometimes why.

But never what it all means — that’s for the reader to decide.

Now you’ll be able to tell who’s a reporter, and who’s a tail-wagging, butt-kissing, face-licking pundit who just wants to be allowed into the party. To continue covering it.

Hastings may indeed be the only true war reporter we have left.

By: Stephen MacLean

Stephen MacLean — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 16:43:49 +0000

The whole scenario beggars belief: in to-day’s society, one learns to be aware of one’s surroundings when speaking against conventional wisdom. To be so unguarded with the media in attendance is astonishing.

By: Jess Austin

Jess Austin — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 22:18:11 +0000

It's remarkable that someone who had risen to the pinnacle of a profession the primary occupation of which is CYA (clue for those without: I'm talking generals here, not the rank-and-file), would actually be so inept at C'ing his A. Maybe the Special Forces aura had heretofore protected him from the normal rough-and-tumble of military life (he certainly didn't suffer for his part in the Tillman coverup). He should have known what happens to the nail that sticks up. Anyway, any number of yahoos will take credit for humbling the proud. I was more disturbed by something I heard on the radio last night. Apparently it is SOP for one whose tenure at 4 stars is so short to drop back to 3-star benefits upon retirement. Of course the generous thieves in DC are now falling over themselves to rewrite the regulations so that this one-year wonder will enjoy 4-star benefits, whatever those are, throughout his golden years, while he simultaneously milks the media establishment and military-industrial complex for all he's worth. Disgusting.

By: Jesus von Mises

Jesus von Mises — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 20:17:33 +0000

Perhaps Gen. McChrystal just realized that creating the conditions for stable and efficient governance in Afghanistan before 2012 U.S. Presidential election was a fool’s errand and decided to commit career suicide.

(Honestly, I don’t quite believe that theory. But it’s more logical than what he actually did!)