This week’s Trump flap over the cynical use of Arlington National Cemetery for partisan politicking came as no surprise, as it was from a champion of disrespect toward military personnel especially combat casualties. What was new was the perverse level the former president and his minions have reached, denigrating grounds that have been a sacred resting place for America’s heroes since the Civil War.
The newest addition to the seemingly unending collection of stories that you just can’t make up is the strange case of General Stanley McChrystal, who until this week was the top military man in Afghanistan directing American and NATO combat forces. The general handed his commander in chief a resignation on Wednesday after the public airing of disparaging comments aimed at American civilian leaders. But there is the unanswered question of why he joined a fight he was sure to lose, and a particularly strange part of the story is the battlefield he chose for the losing campaign. Rolling Stone.