I particularly like this exchange, reminds me of a generic war movie.




I'd rather have my ass kicked by a roomful of people than go out to this dinner," McChrystal says.

He pauses a beat.

"Unfortunately," he adds, "no one in this room could do it."

With that, he's out the door.

"Who's he going to dinner with?" I ask one of his aides.

"Some French minister," the aide tells me. "It's f@cking gay

(slight chnage to get past a maybe non existent swear word filter)