General McChrystal – What did McChrystal Say

General McChrystal is in the hot seat. What did McChrystal say in the Rolling Stone article? The White House summoned Gen. Stanley McChrystal to Washington to explain disparaging comments about his commander in chief and Obama’s top aides. The meeting set for Wednesday was a last-ditch moment for the general once considered the war’s brightest hope.

The article also reports, via alan.com:

* McChrystal has seized control of the war “by never taking his eye off the real enemy: The wimps in the White House.”

* One aide called White House National Security Adviser Jim Jones, a retired four star general, a “clown” who was “stuck in 1985.”

* The article portrayed McChrystal’s team as disapproving of the Obama administration, with the exception of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who backed McCrystal’s request for additional troops in Afghanistan.

* It quotes a member of McChrystal’s team making jokes about Biden, who was seen as critical of the general’s efforts to escalate the conflict and who had favored a more limited counter-terrorism approach. “Biden?” the aide was quoted as saying. “Did you say: Bite me?” Biden initially opposed McChrystal’s proposal for additional forces last year. He favored a narrower focus on hunting terrorists.

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