Of the 10 principles of war taught to all cadets at Britain's Sandhurst military training academy, coping with “surprise” is among the most important. General Stanley McChrystal has had to tackle many potentially career threatening surprises during his tenure as commander of US and Nato forces in Afghanistan, from suicide bombers to unreliable Afghan political partners. But it would be fair to assume that he can never have expected to be undone by an article in Rolling Stone, one of America's premier cultural magazines.
在战争教给英国桑德赫斯特军事学院所有学员的十大原则中,应付“突发事件”是最重要的一条。在任美国与北约驻阿富汗部队指挥官期间,斯坦利•麦克里斯特尔将军(General Stanley McChrystal)需要应付诸多可能威胁其职业生涯的突发事件,包括自杀炸弹杀手、不可靠的阿富汗政治伙伴等等。但我们有理由认为,他绝对不会想到,自己会因《滚石》(Rolling Stone)上的一篇文章而被解职。《滚石》是美国最重要的文化杂志之一。