A good flight wasted
I see where Obama met with Gen. McChrystal for 25 minutes today in Denmark. I do no find this reassuring. That’s what you do with an obstreperous cabinet secretary like James Watt who is causing more trouble than he is worth. If Obama were serious about Afghanistan — or even if he wants to look ...
I see where Obama met with Gen. McChrystal for 25 minutes today in Denmark. I do no find this reassuring. That's what you do with an obstreperous cabinet secretary like James Watt who is causing more trouble than he is worth. If Obama were serious about Afghanistan -- or even if he wants to look serious -- he would have asked McChrystal to fly home with him on Air Force One, and sit and talk for a few hours.
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I see where Obama met with Gen. McChrystal for 25 minutes today in Denmark. I do no find this reassuring. That’s what you do with an obstreperous cabinet secretary like James Watt who is causing more trouble than he is worth. If Obama were serious about Afghanistan — or even if he wants to look serious — he would have asked McChrystal to fly home with him on Air Force One, and sit and talk for a few hours.
Charles Dharapak-Pool/Getty Images
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