April 4, 2010

US General in Afghanistan

If an army marches on its stomach, General Stanley McChrystal,  who runs thirteen miles a day, eats one meal and sleeps for only four hours a night, would prefer that it wasn't full of burgers and pizzas.

He banned junk food yesterday.

In September, the General had banned alcohol at his headquarters, after complaining that too many staff had hangovers.

“Supplying non-essential luxuries to big bases like Kandahar makes it harder to get essential items to combat outposts and forward operating bases, where troops who are in the fight each day, need resupplying with ammunition, food and water.”

“This is a war zone, not an amusement park.”

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/afghanistan/article7080774.ece 


 

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