Wednesday, June 23, 2010
What to do with big-mouth generals, Part II
McChrystal is out. I truly hope the president knows what he's doing. We're in the middle of a war. But maybe McChrystal came into the meeting today with an arrogant f*%k-you attitude. Who knows? … The president has other problems with big-mouth staff members who are making disparaging remarks about their colleagues:
McChrystal is out. I truly hope the president knows what he's doing. We're in the middle of a war. But maybe McChrystal came into the meeting today with an arrogant f*%k-you attitude. Who knows? … The president has other problems with big-mouth staff members who are making disparaging remarks about their colleagues:
At a time when violence in Afghanistan is sharply rising and several central planks of the president’s strategy to “disrupt, dismantle and defeat” the Taliban and Al Qaeda have stalled, many of the president’s top advisers have continued to criticize one another to reporters and international allies alike, usually in private conversations, and almost always off the record.Not exactly reassuring.
“Yes, we do hear them disparage each other,” said a senior European diplomat who works closely with the United States on Afghanistan strategy. “It’s never good to hear that.”
