The president has replaced Gen. McChrystal with Gen. Petraeus-but the press is turning a story about policy into a story about penises. What matters isn’t what McChrystal said about Obama, it’s what he believes about Afghanistan.
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Gen. McChrystal's Firing Offense
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Peter Beinart is an American columnist, journalist, and political commentator. A former editor of The New Republic, he has also written for Time, and The New York Times among other periodicals. He is also the author of three books. You can follow him on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/peterbeinart, and on Substack at: https://peterbeinart.substack.com