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| 2010-06-29 |
| General Stanley McChrystal, who was forced to resign in dramatic circumstances last week as commander of Nato forces in Afghanistan, has told the army that he will cut his ties with the institution he has spent his adult life serving. An army spokesman said McChrystal, 55, has told notified the army of his plan to retire, but he has not yet submitted formal retirement papers. McChrystal's decision was not unexpected. One of his predecessors, General David McKiernan, was fired as the top commander in Afghanistan in 2009 and left the Army shortly after. Because he didn't serve long enough as a four-star general, his pension will be based on his previous three-star rank. McChrystal graduated from the West Point military academy in 1976, and has spent his entire career in the army. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #18 ION NEWS KERALA > TALIBAN EXPANDING THEIR SPHERE OF INFLUENCE, SAYS EXPERT [AAN = Afghanistan Analysts Network]. Afghan = AFPAK Taliban Militants steadily evol from disparate INSURGENT VIOLENCE into an [organized = unified] POLITICAL ISLAMIST MOVEMENT, BESIDES ALSO EXPANDING THEIR JIHADI ACTIVITIES TO AREAS OUTSIDE OF AFPAK. In addition, the Talibs are also changing + increasingly diversifying their recruitment focii/pool from traditional PASHTUN TO NON-PASHTUN ETHNIC GROUPS. * SAME > [Atlantic Council of the United States = ACUS] US THINK TANK: AFGHAN WAR MAY BE LOST BY US IN PAKISTAN | US LOOKING A "SAFE EXIT" FROM AFGHANISTAN WHILE TRYING TO PREVENT AL-QAEDA RE-EMERGENCE. PAK suffering from unabated Home-grown = domestic insurgencies + cross-border Militant flows. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-06-30 00:00 |
| #17 I like the idea of Arizona addressing two problems at once, by hiring unemployed people to be second echelon border watchers. Offer them minimum wage and three squares a day, and I bet you there will be a lot of takers. Posted by: Anonymoose 2010-06-29 13:59 COIN The Village by Bing West or the Magnificant Seven? |
| Posted by: bman 2010-06-29 23:51 |
| #16 What rank he retires really does not matter, other than ego. He will still retire a four star general. He will be retired for pay as a three star unless they give him a waiver. Since he joined prior to 1980 he will still get the % of his highest month, the 4 star month, so it will have no effect on his pay. Its a wash for him either way. |
| Posted by: Glolurong the Scantily Clad1830 2010-06-29 16:47 |
| #15 An army rule said you had to serve three years in rank to retire in that rank. By the rule, McChrystal would retire as a three star. Just heard he gets to retire as a four star. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2010-06-29 16:08 |
| #14 P.S. When Adm Mullen retires he could join them. |
| Posted by: GolfBravoUSMC 2010-06-29 15:08 |
| #13 Maybe McChrystal could form a liberal flag officer think tank with Adm. Eugene Carroll and Gen. Wesley Clark. |
| Posted by: GolfBravoUSMC 2010-06-29 15:07 |
| #12 I like the idea of Arizona addressing two problems at once, by hiring unemployed people to be second echelon border watchers. Offer them minimum wage and three squares a day, and I bet you there will be a lot of takers. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2010-06-29 13:59 |
| #11 Michael YonÂ’s criticism of McChrystal deemed prophetic Long before Rolling Stone published the story, war correspondent Michael Yon had also levied criticism at McChrystal. Yon came under fire from some milbloggers for his dispatches, and at least one military blog came close to character assassination because of what Yon wrote about McChrystal. |
| Posted by: GolfBravoUSMC 2010-06-29 13:40 |
| #10 McChrystal lived by the liberal sword and died by the liberal sword. Or, as we used to say, F with the bull, you get the horns. |
| Posted by: GolfBravoUSMC 2010-06-29 12:37 |
| #9 But the governor would have to be very definite about rules of engagement.. tw wins Snark o' the Day. |
| Posted by: Mike N. 2010-06-29 10:57 |
| #8 I'll vote for him if he runs against Obama. |
| Posted by: ??????????? 2010-06-29 10:56 |
| #7 Maybe he'll join Dick Marcinko's team. |
| Posted by: Willy 2010-06-29 10:00 |
| #6 His best shot at a book deal. Out in spring '12. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2010-06-29 07:05 |
| #5 McChrystal was an Obama supporter. But is he now? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2010-06-29 05:55 |
| #4 McChrystal was an Obama supporter. |
| Posted by: Betty Jerenter8589 2010-06-29 05:51 |
| #3 "AZ BODER CZAR" > HMMMM, HMMM, okay yeah, but at last check according to a Wisconsin lady lawmaker ARIZONA WAS NOT A US BORDER STATE? And there we go .... |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-06-29 01:22 |
| #2 That would certainly underline Arizona's attitude toward the current president, bman. But the governor would have to be very definite about rules of engagement... |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2010-06-29 01:17 |
| #1 Governor Brewer should hire him as the Arizona Border Czar (A.B.C.), and have him try his COIN strategy along the border. |
| Posted by: bman 2010-06-29 00:17 |