See the Press: See Them Write

Not so Dumb, General

Steve Shapiro
Military protocol calls for the resignation of each affiliate for any insubordinate action.

General Stanley McChrystal called for the Rolling Stone reporter, it could have been any of them, in order to '˜get it out.' Word is: The General was not happy abut to go down in history as another General, since our Vietnam war, that lost a war. He called upon the reportage of the organ, The Rolling Stone, that was the first to support Barack Obama in his bid for president of the United States. So as not to raise doubt, he wanted a leftist report to open up to, and to be sure they would not soften his comments on how he was ordered to run the Afghanistan war.

Knowing full well, if as an active military affiliate, even a General would be responsible for review on the basis of our Uniform Code of Military Justice that any comment against any other affiliate and especially regarding the Commander in Chief would make him vulnerable for dismissal.

McChrystal wanted to get out of his assignment even out of the military. What choices does a sector commander in the military have when they want to get out before their enlistment? Resign or get fired, or get fired upon.

Either way, they have to go against their orders, or slander their service, or make an insubordinate comment against their lateral or superior officer or civilian partner.

For McChrystal it was intentional. "I didn't want to be another general with an attributed loss in the field of battle." Those were is original words, heard by members of government central. The reporter took the treat like a trained puppy.

Now, we see the carnivorous carrion seekers, members of the press taking the slaughtered lamb, devouring the action of his retirement or fuel for having been dismissed; and whatever their description of his action to the point of intention what becomes revealed by his choice of pressmen is the face of the reporter or point of view of the organ rather than any new content in the story. Their story was of insubordination, the intention was for the general to exit the theater.

You see, the story is that the General wanted out, make his own commitment in his own unique way, and resigned with rank and retirement in tact. The reports that say he was dismissed are slanted in some political manner that may show no respect for the man. The more the talking heads eschew the dead horse, the more they reveal weaknesses of the fourth estate.

See, the press were used, because we can see what they wrote. Now that we know the story, the intent.

Published by Steve Shapiro

With years of writing for publictions on politics, international and foreign relations, and economics, I spent years in the US Navy reserve as a journalist. I authored a pictoral history on Carmle-by-the Se...  View profile

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  • General rules of military standards
  • The press corps are used as much as they use those systems they report on.
This commanding general sensing a loosing war, arranged to have himself removed and became a retired US military General McChrystal instead of an investigated one.

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