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Burgers go way of booze as US general Stanley McChrystal bans junk food

Timesonline ^ | March 30, 2010 | Jerome Starkey, Kabul

Posted on by granite

First he banned booze in his Kabul headquarters. Now the notoriously austere commander of US and Nato forces has a new target in his war on terror: ice cream and fast food.

General Stanley McChrystal, the former commander of Special Forces in Iraq, who runs eight miles a day, eats one meal and sleeps for only four hours a night, has given orders to close the junk food concessions on Nato bases.

No longer will the fighter pilots at Bagram or Kandahar airfields be able to ring Pizza Hut to deliver. Once General McChrystal has his way, the Whoppers will be off the menu: Burger Kings at both locations are to close. Even the newly opened TGI Fridays on the boardwalk in Kandahar is to close its doors once its contract expires.

This is a war zone, not an amusement park, wrote Command Sergeant-Major Michael T. Hall in a military blog.



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To: granite

First he banned booze in his Kabul headquarters. Was this out of sensitivity to Islamic law?



To: granite

muslim rules



by 3 posted onby Carley (Are you better off than you were four trillion dollars ago?)

To: granite

What a fascist. These guys are risking their lives out there, they ought to be able to have a pizza, burger, and beer at least. The soldiers must hate him.



by 4 posted onby HerrBlucher (END THE WAR ON LIBERTY!)

To: granite

That’s it. Destroy one of the few perks our troops have when away from home.



by 5 posted onby DoughtyOne (Il Douche' and his Douche Baggers will save us...)

To: granite

His personal habits, which made him an exceptional human being, are going to make him a bad leader. The troops need and deserve their diversions.



To: a fool in paradise

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



To: HerrBlucher

This is a war zone, not an amusement park,



by 8 posted onby misterrob (Have you tea bagged a liberal today?)

To: granite

Stanley McChrystal:



To: granite

News Flash! All female fighter pilots at Bagram will be required to wear the burkha on missions over Afghani soil out of respect for Islam. How the hell you`re gonna wear your oxygen mask is your problem.



To: HerrBlucher

I am disappointed. I think our troops should enjoy what few pleasures may be available, including beer, pizza & smokes. My opinion of the good general is declining.



To: a fool in paradise

Was this out of sensitivity to Islamic law? Yes, let's have a Kumbaya session in his office.



by 12 posted onby granite (A government big enough to give you everything you want is strong enough to take everything you have)

To: elli1

If he was in Iraq he didn't ban the booze. General Order #1 did.



To: misterrob

Morale sir? No problem! I told all the men to improve or I would throw them all in the brig!!! Problem solved!!! Someone take this frigging wingnut OUT of a joint command and sic him back on the snake eaters that love him. What a total frigging MORON!!!



To: granite

It’s a war zone, dammit And the donut dollies will now be serving carrot sticks



by 15 posted onby silverleaf (Karl Marx was NOT one of America's Founding Fathers)

To: granite

Ban everything you want.........but win the damn war! Stand up to obama not burger king! Kill the enemy bring the boys home! Nuke a mountain range I don't care but win this or end it!



by 16 posted onby Kakaze (Exterminate Islamofacism and apologize for nothing.....except not doing it sooner!)

To: gov_bean_ counter

First he banned booze in his Kabul headquarters.



To: granite

I bet this a$$hole’s turds are only allowed to be excreted if they are a regulation five cm cube in shape and have the consistency of granite.



To: elli1

A general that demands that his men act like soldiers in a combat theater instead of being stationed in a peacetime base? The nerve..... /s



by 19 posted onby misterrob (Have you tea bagged a liberal today?)

To: elli1

Sorry, been a long day. Surprised Afghanistan isn’t also covered by GO #1.



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