Quotation for Today, Saturday 3 July
July 3, 2010
The general’s staff is a handpicked collection of killers, spies, geniuses, patriots, political operators and outright maniacs. There’s a former head of British Special Forces, two Navy Seals, an Afghan Special Forces commando, a lawyer, two fighter pilots and at least two dozen combat veterans and counterinsurgency experts.
Description of Gen. McChystal’s staff in the infamous Rolling Stone article by Michael Hastings.
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All people who have been at the sharp pointy end.
Not a remf in sight.
Sounds like just what is needed. One notes the absence of school teachers, academics, poofters, journalists and shop stewards.