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White House: No News (Yet) on Afghanistan StrategyPosted on Sep 21, 2009
Although the Obama administration was well aware of the fact that, by Monday morning, everyone and his cousin knew about Gen. Stanley McChrystal’s warning about “mission failure” in Afghanistan, which the general had issued to the White House as part of a report that found its way into the clutches of Washington Post journalists, there will be no official call for more troops until an equally official request is submitted. —KA
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Report thisBy london, September 22 at 1:20 am #
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More troops or failure…..please await while president Obama do something…
Report thisBy lucie lanes, September 21 at 10:11 pm #
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I don’t know, can he say no to General McChrystal? If he needs to say no, I hope he does, but if he says yes, I hope he does what he needs to for the continued protection of our country and the USA.
Report thisBy msgmi, September 21 at 9:54 pm #
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The WH strategy of nation building in Afghanistan smells of the same illusionary political rhetoric as was said about Iraq. Nation building starts with security and the will of the indigenous people. It requires foreign assistance and the will of the indigenous people. It requires a government supported by the will of the indigenous people. It requires a security force of loyal indigenous people. Since all these elements can be accomplished in several years as stated by the commanders on the ground, Victory is not far off the horizon. In a couple of years a miracle is about to happen in a land dominated for over two thousand years by an ancient traditional culture.
Report thisBy Observer, September 21 at 7:35 pm #
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Instead of >pretending to be smart< - stating courageously this bottom line fact that this war cannot be won - over what has turned already into a simple bloody reality for many,let`s hope that McChrystal has become >smart enough< to realize this all important matter of fact !
Because they normally don`t care about others - even the staggering cost of this ill advised war or the war in Iraq,for that matter - which the > Bushies and their evil Cohorts < conveniently started, let`s not forget -
one can only hope that some sort of > needed
Sanity < has finally set in starting from the Top.
Some people never learn, others even later ...
Report thisBy Carl, September 21 at 3:32 pm #
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Its very simple. We can’t drawdown troops in Iraq unless we shift these deployments somewhere else. After a decade of effort, the Generals have finally been allowed to expand their army, and if there is no conflict to justify them, that may fall apart.
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