Lt. Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the commander of the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) responsible for hunting al-Qaeda in Iraq, employed what he called “collaborative warfare,” using every tool available simultaneously, from signal intercepts to human intelligence and other methods, that allowed lightning-quick and sometimes concurrent operations.
Asked in an interview about the intelligence breakthroughs in Iraq, President Bush offered a simple answer: “JSOC is awesome.” – Bob Woodward
Crazy news and click on the link below for General McChrystal on Wikipedia, to read some more about him. Also, Bob Woodward mentioned a quick deal about General McChrystal and the reduction of violence in Iraq during the surge. –Matt
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General McChrystal to Replace Top Commander in Afghanistan General McKiernan
May 12, 2009
WASHINGTON (AFP) — Defense Secretary Robert Gates has decided to replace the commander of US forces in Afghanistan, General David McKiernan, in a shake-up of the US military mission, a Pentagon official said on Monday.
Gates plans to name General Stanley McChrystal, a former commander of special operations who now serves as director of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, as the new commander, the official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told AFP.
The move, to be announced later at a news conference at the Pentagon, suggested a lack of confidence in McKiernan, who has been on the job less than a year having taken over command in June last year.
