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jefferson_dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-12-09 11:32 AM
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The 'Orgasmic' General McChrystal - New Military Commander in Afghanistan
The 'Orgasmic' General McChrystal

From Bob Woodward's The War Within:

Lieutenant General Stanley McChrystal, the commander of the Joint Special Opera tions Command (JSOC) responsible for hunting al Qaeda in Iraq, employed what he called “collaborative warfare,” using every tool available simultaneously, from signals intercepts to human intelligence and other methods, that allowed lightning-quick and sometimes concurrent operations. Derek Harvey, the DIA intelligence expert and adviser to Petraeus, said privately that the operations were so effective that they gave him “orgasms.”

http://blogs.tnr.com/tnr/blogs/the_plank/archive/2009/05/12/the-orgasmic-general-mcchrystal.aspx
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Buzz Clik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-12-09 11:41 AM
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1. That was a typo by Woodward. What he really said was, "they gave him 'the shingles'"
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Jennicut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-12-09 11:41 AM
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2. Bob Woodward makes up half the crap he writes today.
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NoPasaran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-12-09 06:56 PM
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3. If General McChrystal's tactics are effective
If General McChrystal's tactics are effective and result in success for us, I'd be happy to mop up after him.
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Crooked Moon Donating Member (278 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-12-09 07:30 PM
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4. even if he's pro-torture?
http://www.esquire.com/features/ESQ0806TERROR_102?click=main_sr

http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/05/stanley-mcchrystal-a-history-of-torture.html\
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