A counterpoint to the prevailing theme about McChrystal, this editorial suggests that his openness and honesty in Rolling Stone was not really a problem compared to the double talk and hypocrisy which characterises modern global politics and foreign policy. Key to its' points is that winning "hearts and minds" as an occupying force is possible only once the natives have been pacified. Thus the former deathsquad commander was a wise choice to head Obama's "softer" approach to Afghanistan but one that made the rhetoric seem deeply hypocritical.
It is thus suggested that in that light Petraeus may be a better hypocrite but likely worse for Afghanistan.
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