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From MSNBC:
How bad is the situation in Afghanistan for a general to openly blast a Presidential administration?
Then, there's the following too:
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Newsmax: McChrystal Debacle Reveals Growing Rift Between Military and Obama Wednesday, 23 Jun 2010 07:59 PM By: David A. Patten The man handpicked by President Obama to rescue the flagging American war effort in Afghanistan, Gen. David Petraeus, must...
- Mcchrystal Out, Petraeus In
Understand I am NOT complaining at all about the choice of replacement -- quite the opposite in fact, but damn if this didn't surprise me, coming from Wonderboy. Newsmax: Obama Fires McChrystal, Replaces Him With Gen. David Petraeus Wednesday, 23...
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Beyond Unreal: White House Didn't Know Gen. McChrystal's Was Ordered To Defeat The Taliban, "Is That Really What You Think Your Mission Is?"... Speechless....In June, McChrystal noted, he had arrived in Afghanistan and set about fulfilling...
- Shock From The Left Of Center ..richard Cohen Nails Obama
It rings for thee: Obama Doesn't Seem Ready to Lead By Richard Cohen Barack Obama's trip to Copenhagen to pitch Chicago for the Olympics would have been a dumb move whatever the outcome. But as it turned out (an airy dismissal would not be...
- Military: Al-qaida 'very Capable' Of More Attacks
Newsmax: Military: Al-Qaida 'Very Capable' of More Attacks Monday, August 24, 2009 8:35 AM WASHINGTON -- Al-Qaida remains "very capable" of attacking the United States, the senior U.S. military officer said, as he tried to boost waning U.S. support...
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General McChrystal Apologizes
From MSNBC:
The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan was ordered back to the U.S. Tuesday to explain explain controversial remarks critical of the Obama administration.Read more at the above link.
Gen. Stanley McChrystal apologized for a magazine profile in which his aides are quoted mocking Vice President Joe Biden and Richard Holbrooke, the special U.S. representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan.
An article published this week in Rolling Stone magazine depicts McChrystal as a lone wolf on the outs with many important figures in the Obama administration and unable to convince even some of his own soldiers that his strategy can win the war.
In the article, McChrystal was also quoted as saying he felt betrayed by the man the White House chose to be his diplomatic partner, Ambassador Karl Eikenberry.
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The article portrays McChrystal's team as disapproving of the Obama administration, with the exception of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who backed McCrystal's request for additional troops in Afghanistan.
The article claims McChrystal has seized control of the war "by never taking his eye off the real enemy: The wimps in the White House."...
How bad is the situation in Afghanistan for a general to openly blast a Presidential administration?
Then, there's the following too:
Rolling Stone interviewed troops frustrated by McChrystal's strict rules for combat that are intended to reduce the number of civilian casualties.
At one outpost, a soldier McChrystal had met earlier was killed in a house that the local U.S. commander had repeatedly asked to destroy. The request was denied, apparently out of concern that razing the house would anger locals whose allegiance the U.S. is trying to win.
"Does that make any (expletive) sense?" Pfc. Jared Pautsch asks. "We should just drop a (expletive) bomb on this place. You sit and ask yourself, 'What are we doing here?'"
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Newsmax: McChrystal Debacle Reveals Growing Rift Between Military and Obama Wednesday, 23 Jun 2010 07:59 PM By: David A. Patten The man handpicked by President Obama to rescue the flagging American war effort in Afghanistan, Gen. David Petraeus, must...
- Mcchrystal Out, Petraeus In
Understand I am NOT complaining at all about the choice of replacement -- quite the opposite in fact, but damn if this didn't surprise me, coming from Wonderboy. Newsmax: Obama Fires McChrystal, Replaces Him With Gen. David Petraeus Wednesday, 23...
-
Beyond Unreal: White House Didn't Know Gen. McChrystal's Was Ordered To Defeat The Taliban, "Is That Really What You Think Your Mission Is?"... Speechless....In June, McChrystal noted, he had arrived in Afghanistan and set about fulfilling...
- Shock From The Left Of Center ..richard Cohen Nails Obama
It rings for thee: Obama Doesn't Seem Ready to Lead By Richard Cohen Barack Obama's trip to Copenhagen to pitch Chicago for the Olympics would have been a dumb move whatever the outcome. But as it turned out (an airy dismissal would not be...
- Military: Al-qaida 'very Capable' Of More Attacks
Newsmax: Military: Al-Qaida 'Very Capable' of More Attacks Monday, August 24, 2009 8:35 AM WASHINGTON -- Al-Qaida remains "very capable" of attacking the United States, the senior U.S. military officer said, as he tried to boost waning U.S. support...