McChrystal Takes Responsibility for Rolling Stone Article

[Flesh Thorn]

Washington – Retired Gen. Stanley McChrystal takes the blame for a Rolling Stone article and the unflattering comments attributed to his staff about the Obama administration that ended his Afghanistan command and army career.
"Regardless of how I judged the story for fairness or accuracy, responsibility was mine," McChrystal writes in his new memoir, in which he speaks out for the first time since he resigned in a carefully worded denouncement of the story.
The Rolling Stone article anonymously quoted McChrystal's aides as criticizing President Barack Obama's team, including Vice President Joe Biden. Biden had disagreed with McChrystal's strategy that called for more troops in Afghanistan. Biden preferred to send a smaller counterterrorism and training force -- a policy the White House is now considering as it transitions troops from the Afghan war.


Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/01 ... z2HAQvwU7G

[Jim]

At least he did not try to shift blame.

[IEDmagnet]

[quote="Jim"]At least he did not try to shift blame.[/quote]

X2...a trait that is rare as of late.

[Slowpoke]

It's a shame, but honorable men are very rare.