An article entitled `` The Forever War puts Gen. Stanley McChrystal under scrutiny . Obama says President Obama should n't fire Stanley McChrystal based on this two article . He says the piece fails to put comments by McChrystal and his staff in context . When he first took charge of the Afghanistan mission in the summer of 2009 , he was heralded for his past achievements as a Special Forces officer and his approach to getting things done in both Iraq and Afghanistan . Rolling Stone says reporter failed to weave threads of his reporting into a more coherent whole .
An article entitled `` The Forever War puts Gen. Stanley McChrystal under scrutiny . Obama says President Obama should n't fire Stanley McChrystal based on this two article . He says the piece fails to put comments by McChrystal and his staff in context . Rolling Stone says reporter failed to weave threads of his reporting into a more coherent whole .