General Stanley McChrystal’s Rolling Stone interview gaffes have cut short his career. It’s gobsmackingly surprising when someone of his seniority and experience shows such self-admitted “poor judgment,” but it happens regularly. Slide six in the USMC Media Training Guide says, “Remember, this process is about CONTROL. Control of the media to the extent you can. Control of yourself in all situations.” How and why did McChrystal make such a blunder? The background is that he and the reporter were stuck together because of Icelandic volcano flight havoc. In such circumstances it’s hard not to get chummy. Reminds me of Marlon Brando’s interview with Truman Capote.
Observation: miscalculation, revelation, indignation, recantation, termination.
Kevin Rudd, Australia’s most popular (and now shortest serving?) Prime Minister, handed his job to Julia Gillard, who is now Australia’s first female PM. How fast even the mighty can fall. (A signature mark of our times?)
Observation: adoration, adulation (infatuation), lacks consultation, consternation, indignation, desperation, inspiration, confrontation, altercation, abdication, usurpation?
At Wimbledon; the longest match ever: the score after 10 hours play: 4-6, 6-3, 7-6, 6-7, 59-59.
Observation: perspiration.
And what about Australia’s World Cup Soccer team?
Observation: inspiration too late, elimination.
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