Comforting Admission

From our partners at The Agonist

Quite an admission from General McChrystal:

“We have shot an amazing number of people, but to my knowledge, none has ever proven to be a threat,” said Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, who became the senior American and NATO commander in Afghanistan last year. His comments came during a recent videoconference to answer questions from troops in the field about civilian casualties.

So if none have proven to be a threat, what are we doing there, exactly? Might General McCOIN want to rethink the our checkpoint policy?