Posts Tagged ‘Rolling Stone’

Like A Rolling Grenade / All I Ever Wanted Was My Story To Be Told

In ali, Hip Hop, History, Music on 12 July 2010 tagged /\/\ /\ Y /\, M.I.A., Mathangi Maya Arulpragasam, maya arulpragasam, Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone with no comments

Refuse to forget where you been: war zones, refugee camps, suburbia, but also art school and dance clubs

Obama Removes McChrystal as Facebook Friend

In Afghanistan, comedy, Internet, News, Opinion, Politics, War on 28 June 2010 tagged Barack Hussein Obama, Bobby Jindal, BP, David Petraeus, Facebook, Gen. Jim Jones, Gen. Stanley McChrystal, General Stanley McChrystal, James Jones, Jim Jones, Joe Biden, Richard Holbrooke, Rolling Stone, Slate, Stanley McChrystal, Vuvuzela with no comments

And at the end of the entire saga, General Stanley McChrystal and Tony Hayward became friends… BP, the World Cup, and Stanley McChrystal‘s big surprise [Slate]

Rachel Maddow : McChrystal Doesn’t Believe in Counter-insurgency

In Afghanistan, History, News, Opinion, Politics, TV, War on 23 June 2010 tagged 10 U.S.C. § 888, Al Qaeda, Counter-Insurgency, counterinsurgency, David Petraeus, Gen. Stanley McChrystal, General Stanley McChrystal, Helmand, IAVA, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, Kandahar, Marja, Marjah, Michael Hastings, MSNBC, NATO, pakistan, Paul Rieckhoff, Rachel Maddow, Rachel Maddow Show, Rolling Stone, Stanley McChrystal, Stars and Stripes, taliban, The Rachel Maddow Show, US Code - Section 888: Art. 88, Video with no comments

Discussing General Stanley McChrystal’s dismissal, MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow began to question General McChrystal’s focus on counter-insurgency in Afghanistan. Unfortunately for Maddow’s partisan audience, the tone displayed in her questioning suggested a lack of understanding of the situation on the ground for the Afghans and a dismissive attitude towards a legitimate policy created to ensure that [...]

Karzai Reps on McChrystal : ‘We’re All Prone to Make Mistakes’

In Afghanistan, History, News, Opinion, Politics, War on 23 June 2010 tagged Associated Press, Barack Hussein Obama, CNN, David Petraeus, Gen. Stanley McChrystal, General Stanley McChrystal, Hamid Karzai, Rolling Stone, Stanley McChrystal, Waheed Omar with no comments

Before the announcement of General Stanley McChrystal’s dismissal was made, spokesman for Afghan President Hamid Karzai, Waheed Omar, said that the removal of General McChrystal from his post would be a major setback to the U.S. Mission in Afghanistan. Omar takes the opportunity to remind the international community that McChrystal’s was not the first, last, [...]

Rachel Maddow and Michael Hastings on McChrystal, Quagmire, and Counter-Insurgency

In Afghanistan, fame, News, Opinion, Politics, TV, War on 22 June 2010 tagged Counter-Insurgency, counterinsurgency, Gen. Stanley McChrystal, General Stanley McChrystal, Helmand, Kandahar, Marja, Marjah, Michael Hastings, MSNBC, Rachel Maddow, Rachel Maddow Show, Rolling Stone, Stanley McChrystal, The Rachel Maddow Show, Video with no comments

In a phone interview with freelance journalist (and self-professed friend) Michael Hastings, Rachel Maddow asked Hastings what he thought of the fallout of his article for Rolling Stone magazine which has taken over much of the media landscape since word first broke out about the statements in the last couple of days. Maddow notably begins [...]