Author: TWI
The Unsentimental Warrior by Lucian K. Truscott IV (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/24/opinion/24truscott.html?_r=0) is an interesting, and to me, inciting read. I would have let Gen McChrysthal’s (Top US Commander in Afghanistan) sacking by President Obama pass as there-goes-another-one, martyr in the ever existent tussle between civil and military kind of issue. A la Fonseka, if you will. But Lucian K. Truscott IV, celebrated author of a few Army centric books and articles, makes me sit up and take notice. While others are raving about McChrythal’s naivety and impudence, Mr Lucian chose to concentrate on something lesser mortals overlooked. McChrysthal’s apparent attempt to drive home a Three Muskeeter-esque – One for All, All for One- feel of camaraderie and bonhomie within Team America, his clutch of advisers (sidekicks?), is what Mr Lucian finds most revolting and he makes that (“All these men, I’d die for them. And they’d die for me”, he reportedly commented gesturing towards his Team) the subject of his ire. And in seeking to break the monotony and compose an unconventional piece, Mr Lucian sputters, gasps and wheezes his way through an entirely forgettable tirade.
