General Stanley McChrystal’s recent comments about his civilian peers in the Obama administration have left the sometimes-controversial former commander of the war in Afghanistan standing in the unemployment line. To be sure, McChrystal did cross the threshold of professional decorum in today’s military and for that, he needed to be held accountable. But the General was not insubordinate.Read more
I read Genevieve Long's “Another War-Torn Generation” this week, and as someone deployed in Iraq would like to respond. A very well written article, yes, but perhaps she should have talked to the soldiers she saw in the airport.Read more
It's not hard these days to imagine how my parents might have felt when they were young and their generational counterparts were being sent off to fight in Vietnam. Different time, different generation, different war, different president, same attitude: get some. Read more