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Gen. McChrystal | Possible Replacements | Tony Shaffer | Mediait. Earlier today Rolling Stone released an interview with General Stanley McChrystal in which the the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan criticized the Obama administration’s handling of Iraq. The conflict between US Army General stationed in the theater of war and the White House has been the top news story of the day, and already lead to speculation that McChrystal will be replaced, so claims his former colleague Lt. Col. Tony Shaffer on Fox News. During the 12:00 hour today, Jon Scott interviewed Shaffer, who now currently works for the mysteriously named entity “Center for Advanced Studies.” Shaffer provided a lot of interesting context to this news, namely that McChrystal’s criticism is symptomatic of larger policy struggles between the Administration and military command in the theater, but also the Pentagon and Generals stationed overseas.

Scott asked Shaffer the question that is on everyone’s mind, namely will McChrystal survive this brewing controversy. The Runaway General | Rolling Stone Politics. 'How'd I get screwed into going to this dinner? " demands Gen. Stanley McChrystal. It's a Thursday night in mid-April, and the commander of all U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan is sitting in a four-star suite at the Hôtel Westminster in Paris.

He's in France to sell his new war strategy to our NATO allies – to keep up the fiction, in essence, that we actually have allies. Since McChrystal took over a year ago, the Afghan war has become the exclusive property of the United States. Opposition to the war has already toppled the Dutch government, forced the resignation of Germany's president and sparked both Canada and the Netherlands to announce the withdrawal of their 4,500 troops. "The dinner comes with the position, sir," says his chief of staff, Col. McChrystal turns sharply in his chair. "Hey, Charlie," he asks, "does this come with the position?

" McChrystal gives him the middle finger. "What's the update on the Kandahar bombing? " McChrystal takes a final look around the suite. Lara Logan Explains how Rolling Stone Hit Piece on McChrystal wa. Rolling Stone' writer defends methods - a News & Politics video. Op-Ed Columnist - General McChrystal and the Culture of Exposure.

Close Read: Defending Rolling Stone. You might call Matt Taibbi’s angry response, on the Rolling Stone Web site, to Lara Logan’s comments on CNN about how reporters ought to behave a rant—but doing so would imply that he was overreacting, and, as heated as his tone was, he’s not, really. So it’s more like a jeremiad. Logan, who is CBS’s chief foreign correspondent, said that she wasn’t sure that she would have used the story Michael Hastings, the Rolling Stone writer, had in his hands after spending time with General Stanley McChrystal and his crew. “Well, it really depends on the circumstances,” Logan said. What circumstances? She doesn’t quite say; instead, she immediately launches into what Taibbi calls the part of the interview that made him “really furious,” as well it should have: her suggestion that Hastings is a liar.

Hastings, Logan said, “if you believe him”—and does she have any solid knowledge of why we shouldn’t? —“says that there were no ground rules laid out. Rolling Stone fact checker sent McChrystal aide 30 questions. Lara Logan. Lara Logan (born 29 March 1971) is a South African television and radio journalist and war correspondent. She is the chief foreign affairs correspondent for CBS News and a correspondent for CBS's 60 Minutes. Personal life Logan was born in Durban, South Africa.

She attended high school at Durban Girls' College, and the University of Natal in Durban, graduating in 1992 with a degree in commerce. She went on to earn a diploma in French language, culture and history at Alliance Française in Paris.[1] She married Jason Siemon, a former European leagues professional basketball player from Iowa, in 1998. Career Logan worked as a news reporter for the Sunday Tribune in Durban during her studies (1988–1989), then for the city's Daily News (1990–1992).

Logan was hired in 2000 by GMTV Breakfast Television (in the UK) as a correspondent; she also worked with CBS News Radio as a freelance correspondent. CBS News offered her a full-fledged correspondent position in 2002. Haifa Street fighting See also.