The commander of the NATO forces in Afghanistan, apologized for the scandal interview

Commander of International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan (ISAF) General Stanley McChrystal apologized for the incorrect statements made by him in an interview with Rolling Stone. On Tuesday, June 22.
In particular, in an interview published this week, the General allowed himself an ironic comment about the U.S. vice president, Joe Biden, who is one of the main critics of his strategy in Afghanistan. In response to a question about McCain, he asked: “Are you asking about Vice President Biden? And who is it?”, And one of his aides asked “Biden” You said ‘bite me’?(English – bite me).

In addition, McChrystal said that he felt betrayed when it turned out that the U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan, with whom he had known for many years, has prepared a note for the White House, which called Afghan President Hamid Karzai, an unreliable ally, and opposed the increasing military contingent in this country . The general said the ambassador “should cover the flanks for the history books, as now, in the case of the failure of U.S. troops in Afghanistan, he can say” I told you so. ”

According to one of the assistants McChrystal, also participated in the interview, the general was very disappointed with the meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama, held last year. After a ten conversation he told me that Obama seems to not even know who is in front of him and gave the impression of not knowing what is happening in Afghanistan.

Another assistant McChrystal called Obama adviser on national security, James Jones, a clown, who was stuck in 1985.

In addition, during the interview McChrystal cynically commented on the upcoming meeting with the unnamed French officials, and received an email from a special U.S. envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, Richard Holbrooke, said, “that does not even want to read it.”

General McChrystal has served as Commander ISAF since June 2009. He is one of the main authors of the new U.S. strategy in Afghanistan, providing an increase in troops.