Sticks and stones ...

September 4, 2010 2:08 PM

The War Within

After the not wise words by General McChrystal to Rolling Stone (previously) and the over-excited reporting of Colonel Lawrence Sellin's self-destruction via cranky email, the latest story questioning the state of affairs for coalition troops in Afghanistan comes from the Washington Post which highlights the antagonistic attitude and ideological differences between major allies working in-theatre together, the US and UK.

posted by Megami (4 comments total)

British too polite, Americans too aggressive and pushy. Sounds about right.
posted by Liquidwolf at 2:41 PM on September 4, 2010 [1 favorite]

...and both utterly doomed to fail.
posted by Optamystic at 2:43 PM on September 4, 2010 [2 favorites]

...and both utterly doomed to fail.

Yeah, fortunately.
posted by Clay201 at 11:16 AM on September 5, 2010

Stan McChrystal Teams Up With Tina Brown To Save America
posted by homunculus at 10:55 AM on September 18, 2010