STAN THE MAN SPEAKS

General McChrystal Breaks His Silence

Speaking publicly for the first time since being relieved of command in Afghanistan, Gen. Stanley McChrystal opened up at the Innovators Summit in New Orleans about WikiLeaks ("it's sad"), Afghan President Hamid Karzai ("a great partner"), and the "great danger" of the instant news cycle.

McChrystal talked about his move to alter counterinsurgency strategy in Afghanistan, changing the use of air power and connecting with civilians at the local level. He made it a point, he said, to apologize personally to Karzai when an incident involving civilian casualties would occur. "Then, as events would occur that would test that trust, we had a reservoir to fall back on," he said.

At the summit, McChrystal denounced WikiLeaks release of 400,000 classified documents on Iraq, saying "individuals are making judgments about threats and information they are not qualified to make."

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MY THOUGHTS E-X-A-A-A-C-T-L-Y

“What on earth was McChrystal thinking, one wonders,” wrote Boot, “when he decided to grant so much access to an anti-war reporter from an anti-war magazine . . . ?"





Twinkle, Twinkle, Three Star General


He WASN'T thinking - THAT'S THE PROBLEM

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DEATH BY POWERPOINT

When Army platoon leader Lt. Sam Nuxoll was asked how he spent most of his time in Iraq, he responded, “Making PowerPoint slides.” When pressed, he said he was serious.

The mind-numbing effect of the ubiquitous "Death By PowerPoint" 30-slide presentation has become so counter-productive, even the general officers are starting to get it.



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A CLASS OF GENERALS

The West Point Class of 1915 is known as ‘The Class the Stars Fell On’ because of graduates like Omar Bradley and Dwight Eisenhower. But the Class of 1976 - which graduated from West Point at the lowest point in the history of the modern US Army - is coming into a stellar reputation all their own . . . Wall Street Journal


David William Barno: Retired top commander in Afghanistan



Frank Gunther Helmick: Leading U.S. efforts to train Iraqi troops



Stanley Allen McChrystal: Top Officer in Afghanistan



Raymond Thomas Odierno: Top officer in Iraq



David Mitchell Rodriguez: Deputy in command in Afghanistan


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UPDATE: MICHAEL YON

A disturbing post about Michael Yon, from a reliable source: Uncle Jimbo at BLACKFIVE.

In August of last year I wrote this of Michael Yon. He is a fellow Green Beret, and he brings honor to the Regiment. I stand by what I wrote then; I don't know what to make of the current scenario.

Read Mike's words here and judge for yourself.

- Sean Linnane


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