The latest Rolling Stone magazine calls the President’s top commander in Afghanistan "The Runaway General." In a lengthy story, it reports that Stanley McChrystal, "has seized control of the war by never taking his eye off the real enemy: the wimps in the White House." McChrystal has apologized for disrespectful quotes in the article, but he’s headed to Washington for a face-to-face meeting tomorrow with the Commander in Chief. Today, Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said the president is "angry" and that he wants to know "what McChrystal was thinking…"
McChrystal Gets Called to Washington
Credits
Guests:
- Julian Barnes - Wall Street Journal - @julianbarnes
- Robert Scales - US Army (retired)
- James Fallows - Atlantic - @JamesFallows
- Brian Katulis - senior fellow at the Center for American Progress - @Katulis