Matthew Rothchild from The Progressive states it clearly
By choosing Lt. Gen. Stanley McChrystal, Obama shows how indifferent he is
to the serious allegations that have swirled around McChrystal, a darling of
the Bush-Cheney regime.
It was McChrystal, after all, who approved a medal for Pat Tillman, the
former NFL star, saying he fell under “devastating enemy fire.” But just a day
later, McChrystal warned the White House that it might have been friendly
fire, not enemy fire.
And, according to Seymour Hersh, McChrystal was the guy who was running
Cheney’s assassination squads. From 2003-2008, McChrystal headed the
Joint Special Operations Command, which Hersh called “an executive
assassination wing” that reported directly to Cheney’s office.
What’s more, Esquire has reported that McChrystal authorized torture at a
secret camp, where two detainees died under interrogation, and expressly
prohibited the Red Cross from entering the camp, which would be a double
violation of the Geneva Conventions.
McChrystal’s promotion mocks Obama’s rhetoric about making a clean break
with the torture regime of Bush and Cheney.
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