Originally Posted by bkcunningham1

I just finished reading the online article in RollingStone magazine titled "The Runaway General: General Stanley McChrystal, Obama's top commander in Afghanistan, has seized control of the war by never taking his eye off the real enemy: The wimps in the White House."

I know it would be expecting a great deal from Obama or his advisors in the White House, but I hope someone reads the article before meeting with McChrystal.

Why in the name of reason and good sense would McChrystal give Michael Hastings, a writer for RollingStone who, btw, is a former Newsweek writer, access to him and his staff?

There are really few direct quotes by McChrystal and even fewer direct quotes by McChrystal's staff. Most of the information is Hastings opinions and information provided, according to Hastings, by "sources familiar with the meeting" or "an adviser to McChrystal" or "one aide said" or "says another advisor" or "says a former Special Forces operator."

It is an interesting read, but I can imagine that McChrystal wishes he'd never opened his life to Hastings, let alone invited Hastings along for a drink with his staff. I don't know what he was thinking. It was a lapse in judgement we don't need to see from someone in his position.