"I'd rather have my ass kicked by a roomful of people than go out to this dinner," He pauses a beat.<O:p</O:p
"Unfortunately," he adds, "no one in this room could do it."<O:p</O:p
His slate-blue eyes have the unsettling ability to drill down when they lock on you. If you've f u c k ed up or disappointed him, they can destroy your soul without the need for him to raise his voice. <O:p</O:p
He went out on dozens of nighttime raids during his time in Iraq, unprecedented for a top commander, and turned up on missions unannounced, with almost no entourage. "The f u c k ing lads love Stan McChrystal," says a British officer who serves in Kabul. "You'd be out in Somewhere, Iraq, and someone would take a knee beside you, and a corporal would be like 'Who the f u c k is that?' And it's f u c k ing Stan McChrystal."<O:p</O:p
The general hates fancy restaurants, rejecting any place with candles on the tables as too "Gucci." He prefers Bud Light Lime (his favorite beer) to Bordeaux<O:p</O:p
THE MF GENERAL AND I WILL BE BRINGING OUR FAVORITE BEER SAT- GFY3X he may have some extra time on his hands this w/e