{"id":1892,"date":"2010-06-24T14:07:49","date_gmt":"2010-06-24T19:07:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=1892"},"modified":"2024-09-12T08:40:14","modified_gmt":"2024-09-12T12:40:14","slug":"towards-a-more-honest-afghan-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2010\/06\/24\/towards-a-more-honest-afghan-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Towards a More Honest Afghan Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Good riddance to McChrystal. His<a href=\"http:\/\/www.counterpunch.org\/bovard10092009.html\"><strong> role in the coverup <\/strong><\/a>of the killing of Pat Tillman alone was enough to qualify him for the Pentagon Rogues Gallery of the new Millennium.<\/p>\n<p>Petreaus is better than McChrystal because at least we get to sometimes watch him get overwhelmed by the sheer enormity of the BS he shovels on Capitol Hill.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Good riddance to McChrystal. 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