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Gen. McChrystal recalled to Washington to respond to magazine article
By: Bill O'ReillyJune 22, 2010
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BBC: Profiles of the man the Obama administration is backing to defeat the Taliban have been generally positive, creating an impression of a kind of warrior monk whose daily routine includes eating one meal, sleeping four hours and running seven miles. But the decision to allow a writer for Rolling Stone magazine to chronicle life behind the headlines with General Stanley McChrystal and his staff - who apparently refer to themselves as "Team America" - suggests a disturbing lack of judgement somewhere in his inner circle. The tone of the article is meant to be generally positive and indeed makes its own small contribution to McChrystal hagiographical writing with the description of the general as a "snake-eating rebel". But the language and tone of Rolling Stone - a pop-culture magazine - make an uncomfortable fit with the delicate form of heavily armed diplomacy with which Gen McChrystal has been entrusted in Afghanistan.
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