Stanley McChrystal
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 Stanley McChrystal       (soldier) | ||||||||||||
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| Born | Stanley Allen McChrystal 1954-08-14 Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, U.S. | |||||||||||
| Alma mater | United States Military Academy, John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School, Naval War College, Salve Regina University, Harvard University | |||||||||||
| Spouse | Annie Corcoran | |||||||||||
| Member of | Council on Foreign Relations/Members 2, Independent Task Force on Improving Pandemic Preparedness, Justice for Kurds | |||||||||||
| Party | Democratic | |||||||||||
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Stanley McChrystal
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| Joint Special Operations Command | “The point of the 'Special Operations’ teams (SOT) is that they do not distinguish between civilian and military oppositions, between activists and their sympathizers and the armed resistance. The SOT specialize in establishing death squads and recruiting and training paramilitary forces to terrorize communities, neighborhoods and social movements opposing US client regimes. The SOT's 'counter-terrorism' is terrorism in reverse, focusing on socio-political groups between US proxies and the armed resistance. McChrystal's SOT targeted local and national insurgent leaders in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan through commando raids and air strikes. McChrystal was a special favorite of Rumsfeld and Cheney because he was in charge of the 'direct action' forces of the 'Special Missions Units'. 'Direct Action' operative are the death-squads and torturers and their only engagement with the local population is to terrorize, and not to propagandize. They engage in 'propaganda of the dead', assassinating local leaders to 'teach' the locals to obey and submit to the occupation.” | James Petras | 2009 |
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