General McChrystal speaking again

[thunder rising]

Back your general and send more troops, David Miliband urges Barack Obama

General McChrystal, speaking in London at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, said that the campaign had been underresourced in the past. “The situation is serious — and I choose that word very, very carefully. Neither success nor failure can be taken for granted.” Isaf had to show it would support and protect the people. “In the end we don’t win by defeating the Taleban or by a body count but when the Afghans have decided that we have won.” He added that the coalition did not have an infinite amount of time. “These efforts will not remain winnable indefinitely. Public support will not last indefinitely.”

McChrystal is acting like a politician now. He needs to be made a civilian so he can pursue the career. Word up buddy, now is not the time to be leaving a paying job to become a Republican.

Expanding on the phrase: Afghans have decided that we have won.
This exemplifies the problem, we are never going to win, the Afghans have to win. With this dickhead it's about US. In the Afghans mind it's about them; and, it's their country and we are the occupying force. They know that if they keep killing us we will eventually leave; if they quit killing us we might never leave. Wonder if that thought crossed his mind while he was perusing "Afghanistan: The Place Empires Go To Die".

[csziggy]

1. He was not this vocal when Bush/Cheney were in office - WTF?

Why didn't he complain THEN that the Afghan war was underfunded? Or was he not put in charge until Obama became President?

He should do what military under Bush/Cheney did when they disagreed with policy - STFU or resign.

[theoldman]

3. He got the job under Obama, not under Bush.

I suggest we wait until Obama makes a decision and then see if the general follows orders.

[Orwellian_Ghost]

2. When in doubt, keep killing

October 2009 has begun with the New York Times reporting that "the president, vice president and an array of cabinet secretaries, intelligence chiefs, generals, diplomats and advisers gathered in a windowless basement room of the White House for three hours on Wednesday to chart a new course in Afghanistan."

As this month begins the ninth year of the U.S. war effort in Afghanistan, "windowless" seems to be an apt metaphor. The structure of thought and the range of options being debated in Washington's high places are notably insular. The "new course" will be a permutation of the present course.

While certainty is lacking, steely resolve is evident. An unspoken mantra remains in effect: When in doubt, keep killing. The knotty question is: Exactly who and how?


Read more at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/norman-solomon/starting-another-year-of_b_306227.html

[Mari333]

4. He needs to be canned

thrown out like yesterdays garbage.

[Mari333]

5. eye opening

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=6674801&mesg_id=6674801