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He is a student of what he calls "counterinsurgency math." If you encounter 10 Taliban members and kill two, he says, you don't have eight remaining enemies. You have more like 20: the friends and relatives of the two you killed.
See, only "Counterinsurgency math" is in quotations, the next sentence is NOT! That means those are Evan Thomasa words not McChrystals!
I'm arguing with fucking morons who either can't see quotation marks or are just fucking morons
or you have no idea how to read, and insist on adding things that don't exist.
I'm arguing with fucking morons who either can't see quotation marks or are just fucking morons
the name evan thomas isn't in there, they attribute the quote to mchrystal, we have proof and you don't.
It is a paraphrase of his words.
To argue over who spoke the exact words is meaningless and nothing but an attempt to distract. The sentiment is McChrystal's
By making more enemies?
Or by attacking Iraq to end Papa Bush's war?
Killing Jihadists is making more enemies?
" If you encounter 10 Taliban members and kill two, he says, you don't have eight remaining enemies. You have more like 20: the friends and relatives of the two you killed.
-Gen. Stanley McChrystal
McCrystal's sentiment, Thomas' words.
Can we acknowledge that and move on?
He is a student of what he calls "counterinsurgency math." If you encounter 10 Taliban members and kill two, he says, you don't have eight remaining enemies. You have more like 20: the friends and relatives of the two you killed.
See, only "Counterinsurgency math" is in quotations, the next sentence is NOT! That means those are Evan Thomasa words not McChrystals!
Then you're no different than the baffoons you're arguing with.McCrystal's sentiment, Thomas' words.
Can we acknowledge that and move on?
No.
Jesus Christ, you people are thickHE SAYS refering the subject, the subject being mchrystal.
It is a paraphrase of his words.
To argue over who spoke the exact words is meaningless and nothing but an attempt to distract. The sentiment is McChrystal's
"counterinsurgency math." -- McCrystal
If you encounter 10 Taliban members and kill two, he says, you don't have eight remaining enemies. You have more like 20: the friends and relatives of the two you killed. -- not McChrystal, but Evan Thomas
See the difference?
It is a paraphrase of his words.
To argue over who spoke the exact words is meaningless and nothing but an attempt to distract. The sentiment is McChrystal's
"counterinsurgency math." -- McCrystal
If you encounter 10 Taliban members and kill two, he says, you don't have eight remaining enemies. You have more like 20: the friends and relatives of the two you killed. -- not McChrystal, but Evan Thomas
See the difference?
lets break it down again till you get it. the author wouldn't refer to himself.