a year after his retirement from the afghanistan theatre --- general mcchrystal -- no long general mcchrystal-meth abided at his home in Tulsa, Oklahoma with his wife of many decades.... he busily changed a diaper on his newly born grandson --- he chose Oklahoma as it seemed one of the less sissy-American states.......
the television played on in the background with the volume lowered and he wasn't much interested in it as he didn't spend much time, even in retirement, watching television .... then, suddenly, an image on the tv caught his attention and he called his wife over:
'come here sweatpeas -- turn the tv up please -- do you remember me telling you about the time some hollywood producers came to Kabul to study the conditions no the ground in Afghanistan for a sitcom they wanted to make?'
'uh-huh, yep, i remember that,'
'well it looks like this is the pilot,' he said, 'turn it up already, come on,'...
the two watched the show as the retired general continued changing nappies.....
the theme song was exactly the same as the 80s tv show: 'family ties' with michael j fox and the keatons.....
'what will we do baby, without us -- ooh oooh'....
'say, that's the same theme song as the 1980s tv show Family Ties,' said mrs. mccrhystal
they continued watching as scene i of the pilot unfolded... it turned out that the shows two principal characters were a gay military matrimony, husband and husband, based in afghanistan, with an adopted son who was also an explosives/bomb squad expert - expert at safely detonating bombs and mines.......
mcchyrstal's face turned white -- the blood drained away completely:
'wha, wha?' he stammered as his mouth and throat cleared out completely of saliva....
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