BY ALEXANDER COCKBURN Just when Barack Obama’s presidency was drowning in BP’s crude oil, a megalomaniacal U.S. Army general called Stanley McChrystal, commander of the U.S.-led coalition in Afghanistan, did him several huge favors. He took the spotlight off the Gulf of Mexico. He gave Obama a marvelous opportunity to act the decisive commander in chief, packing his insubordinate general into retirement. By committing political suicide, he created a vacancy for the one general the […]
Loose-Lip McChrystal Did Obama Huge Favor
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