asimplechord: (say what?)
[personal profile] asimplechord
+ Hastings earned a contract for a book about his adventures in Afghanistan? The cynic in me wonders if this was the reason for the controversial article, to generate noise and interest. (I haven't read his memoir of Iraq. Anyone have an opinion on it?)

+ The Snowflake turned over 100k miles on my commute to work yesterday. \o/?

+ I have no idea what was in the pocket of these pants when I washed them, but I put my phone in one, and when I took it out, there was something sticky on its screen. And when I put my hands into any of the pockets - front or back - they come out sticky, with something that feels like drying glue on them. D:

+ I'm not sure if it's an editing error or a type-setting error, but there have been several instances of letter inversion in my copy of The Gamble: General David Petraeus and the American Military Adventure in Iraq, 2006-2008 (do NOT get me started on the use of the word "adventure" to describe the invasion and its aftermath, just don't), with the most recently observed being:
Cook[...] had several extensive conservations with Sarhan, beginning on the first day of 2008.

Um, really? Do you mean conversations?

Date: 2010-07-07 07:55 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] asimplechord.livejournal.com
I have very mixed feelings about McChrystal, even without taking the most recent kerfluffle into account, and he said some REALLY dumb things. The thing that bothers me, though, is the idea that a) his most provocative (or his aides' most provocative, since many of the quotes used in the article weren't even *his*, they were his staffers' - which then begs the question: what kind of command atmosphere did he establish?) comments were used to generate the most controversy, or that b) as this Army Times (http://www.armytimes.com/news/2010/07/army_rolling_stone_mchrystal_071210w/) article suggests, what they had verbally agreed would be off-the-record Hastings used on the record. Of course, the source is the Army Times, which obvs would want to spin this in a way that's positive for the Army/McC and cast blame elsewhere.
Edited Date: 2010-07-07 07:56 pm (UTC)

Profile

asimplechord: (Default)
asimplechord

April 2017

S M T W T F S
      1
2345678
9101112131415
1617 1819202122
23242526272829
30      

Most Popular Tags

Style Credit

Expand Cut Tags

No cut tags
Page generated Jul. 4th, 2025 09:10 pm
Powered by Dreamwidth Studios