Are you talking about this disgrace to the uniform?
He is worse than McCain.
Stanley McChrystal recalled over Rolling Stone article
US commander in Afghanistan apologises for magazine article in which he criticises Barack Obama and ambassador to Kabul
Jon Boone in Kabul and
Matthew Weaver
Tue 22 Jun 2010 10.26 EDTFirst published on Tue 22 Jun 2010 10.26 EDT
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8 years old
General
Stanley McChrystal, the US commander of all Nato-led forces in Afghanistan, has been recalled to Washington after he criticised Barack Obama's administration in a magazine profile due to be published later this week.
A Nato official confirmed that McChrystal would travel to Washington tomorrow to explain the
Rolling Stone article, in which he said that he felt betrayed by the US ambassador to Kabul, Karl Eikenberry. One of his aides told the magazine that McChrystal was disappointed by his first meeting with an "unprepared" Obama.
The official was unable to say how long the general would be away, but did say that McChrystal believed he had largely "sorted" the situation after immediately calling the people he had attacked in the profile to apologise.
Earlier today, McChrystal attended a meeting with the Afghan president, Hamid Karzai, Eikenberry and Richard Holbrooke, the US special representative who McChrystal also belittled in the magazine article.
A US diplomat said that while "the story sucked" and that McChrystal "running amok" was embarrassing, the row would not affect policy or the way the men worked together.
McChrystal issued a statement offering his "sincerest apology" for the comments and the article. "It was a mistake reflecting poor judgment and should never have happened," he said.
"Throughout my career, I have lived by the principles of personal honour and professional integrity. What is reflected in this article falls far short of that standard."
According to the article, due to be published on Friday, although McChrystal voted for Obama, the two didn't get on from the start.
Obama felt McChrystal was too outspoken last autumn when he called for more troops to be sent to Afghanistan.
"I found that time painful," McChrystal admitted in the article. "I was selling an unsellable position."
Obama agreed to deploy an extra 30,000 troops but only after months of dithering that many in the military found frustrating. The troop commitment was coupled with a pledge to begin bringing them home in July 2011, setting what strategists advising McChrystal regarded as an arbitrary deadline.
McChrystal's statement said: "I have enormous respect and admiration for President Obama and his national security team, and for the civilian leaders and troops fighting this war and I remain committed to ensuring its successful outcome."
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You seem to have a problem with war heroes. Are you jealous because they got to use their guns and become big shots and you just use yours for fantasy?
