Rolling Stone gets McChrystal to give his honest opinion of members of the Obama Administration. Gen McChrystal also appears to joke in response to a question about the vice-president. “Are you asking about Vice-President Biden?” McChrystal asks. “Who’s that?” An aide then says: “Biden? Did you say: Bite Me?” Another aide refers to a key [...]
Adam Weinstein pre-empts the chicken hawk criticism that will be irresponsibly directed at Obama Administration’s Pentagon after the US Army’s withdrawal from the outpost in Korengal Valley. That’s all well and good, being the opinion of someone—like yours truly—who has the luxury of unfettered Web access, warm dinners, and big opinions. It’s also diametrically opposed [...]
photo credit: The U.S. Army US/Israel relationship is getting a little less special. Certainly, it was thought, Israel would get the message. Israel didn’t. When Vice President Joe Biden was embarrassed by an Israeli announcement that the Netanyahu government was building 1,600 new homes in East Jerusalem, the administration reacted. But no one was more [...]