mcchrystal does a john terry

General McChrystal, the commander of US operations in Afghanistan, has been in a political battle with Afghan ambassador Karl Eikenberry ever since the latter sent a memo to the White House last autumn calling into question the the general's proposed troop increase. Normally, such military-civilian tensions are kept private. But on Friday Rolling Stone will publish a profile of McChrystal, in which he and his aides cooperated, and it's full of juicy stuff like this:

“I like Karl, I’ve known him for years, but they’d never said anything like that to us before,” McChrystal is quoted as saying. “Here’s one that covers his flank for the history books. Now if we fail, they can say, ‘I told you so.’”

There are also swipes at national security adviser James Jones, a glancing blow at Joe Biden and even a hint of contempt for the president himself.

McChrystal has already issued a grovelling apology, even though the piece isn't published yet. What happens next - whether he stays in post or not - we'll find out in the next 48 hours. Certainly, his position has been weakened.

McChrystal is an extremely intelligent, thoughtful man. So the question is, as Ambinder says, what the hell was he thinking?

As Fabio Capello will tell him, airing  your grievances is one thing; doing it to the press is usually a very big mistake.

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