A General ‘s Turkish Media Coup: a McChrystallus Afghanicus Seeks his Rubicon……….
“The leading military commander in Afghanistan apologized late Monday for published remarks to a US magazine in which he and senior aides mock and criticize top American officials -- including President Barack Obama. Tensions between General Stanley McChrystal and the White House are on full display in the unflattering article in Rolling Stone, although the general said in a statement late Monday that it was all a mistake. "I extend my sincerest apology for this profile," McChrystal said in a statement issued hours after the article entitled "The Runaway General" was released. "It was a mistake reflecting poor judgment and should never have happened." McChrystal, a former special operations chief, usually speaks cautiously in public and has enjoyed mostly sympathetic US media coverage since he took over the NATO-led force last year. But the Rolling Stone article appeared to catch him and his staff in unguarded moments……”
Is the general edging closer to the Turkish model? George W Bush would have Truman-ed him, or is it McArthur-ed him? And he probably knows it.
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