PLOTTING THE COURSE General McChrystal meets with U.S. and Afghan commanders at Forward Operating Base Delhi in Helmand Province. Peter van Agtmael/Magnum, for The New York TimesFrom The New York Times:
Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal stepped off the whirring Black Hawk and headed straight into town. He had come to Garmsir, a dusty outpost along the Helmand River in southern Afghanistan, to size up the war that President Obama has asked him to save. McChrystal pulled off his flak jacket and helmet. His face, skeletal and austere, seemed a piece of the desert itself.
He was surrounded by a clutch of bodyguards, normal for a four-star general, and an array of the Marine officers charged with overseeing the town. Garmsir had been under Taliban control until May 2008, when a force of American Marines swept in and cleared it.
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My Comment: This is a long profile on the General and on the war in Afghanistan. If this is what interests you, brew a cup of coffee and spend the next 15 minutes reading this long but informative article.