CounterPunch Diary
Loose-Lip McChrystal Did Obama a Huge Favor
By ALEXANDER COCKBURN, Counterpunch
Just when Barack Obama's presidency was drowning in BP's crude oil, a megalomaniacal US Army general called Stanley McChrystal, commander of the US-led coalition in Afghanistan, did him several huge favors
Phi Beta Iota: Absolutely worth the full read. Both the White House and the Departments of State and Defense are “out of control” while the rest of the government is simply “out to lunch.” In relation to the art of the possible and the science of the necessary, the US Government appears to have hit bottom.
