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A Conservative on McChrystal

June 28th, 2010

By Tom Carter Victor Davis Hanson, one of my favorite conservatives, wrote an article at Pajamas Media the other day presenting a fairly typical conservative view of the McChrystal debacle. Hanson makes it clear that Rolling Stone is a disreputable rag (not much argument there), and the free-lance reporter who wrote the story is a […]

Articles written by Tom Carter
Tags: court-martial, Hanson, McChrystal, military justice, Rolling Stone, UCMJ
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McChrystal Should Be Charged

June 24th, 2010

By Tom Carter There’s a lot of reporting and commentary on the saga of General Stanley A. McChrystal. He and his staff allowed a free-lance journalist writing for Rolling Stone to spend an extended amount of time with them to gather information for a profile on the general. The article contains highly negative comments by […]

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Tags: Article 88, charges, court-martial, McChrystal, UCMJ
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The War Between Obama and McChrystal Is Over — Obama Lost

June 24th, 2010

By Dan Miller And in contrast to MacArthur, Gen. McChrystal, a youthful 55, is unlikely to fade away any time soon. * * * It was reported on June 22 that General Stanley McChrystal had tendered his resignation to President Barack Obama and that the White House was actively discussing a replacement who could be […]

Articles written by Dan Miller
Tags: commander in chief, fired, McChrystal, Obama, Petraeus, resignation
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Obama’s Indecision

October 20th, 2009

Yet another seven days has passed with our forces in Afghanistan waiting for some sort of direction from the Commander in Chief. How long would be considered a sensible time to wait? What are they doing in the White House? This game of hide and go seek between the President and General McChrystal has been […]

Articles written by Larry Ennis
Tags: Afghanistan, McChrystal, Obama
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Generals and Politics

October 3rd, 2009

When President Obama was in Copenhagen, unwisely risking the prestige of the presidency on Chicago’s Olympics bid, he managed a hasty 25-minute meeting with General Stanley McChrystal, the U.S. commander in Afghanistan. McChrystal was in London at the time, unwisely speaking about U.S. strategy to the Institute for Strategic Studies. The purpose of the meeting […]

Articles written by Tom Carter
Tags: Afghanistan, McChrystal, Obama, strategy
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