[BigFinn]

Gee... BHO was hoping for 6 months.

[Old Sarge]

Didn’t this McChrystal guy only just take over!?

What were his predecessors doing??

[NormsRevenge]

WaPo pdf file

http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/documents/Assessment_Redacted_092109.pdf?hpid=topnews

[Signalman]

It’s 1965 again...and Obama is playing the role of LBJ.

[yoe]

But,but I thought this was the right war, the good war.....every pundit, anti-American and anti-War person said so. What happened.................????

[NormsRevenge]

Graphic on the number of troops serving with the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan. US General Stanley McChrystal -- the top US and NATO commander in Afghanistan -- has warned President Barack Obama in a confidential report that the war against the Taliban could be lost within a year without more troops. (AFP Graphic)

[NormsRevenge]

Afghan President Hamid Karzai extended an olive branch Sunday to Taliban militants trying to overthrow his Western-backed government as he marked the start of the Muslim Eid al-Fitr festival. (AFPTV)

[Alberta's Child]

This fact risks "a longer conflict, greater casualties, higher overall costs, and ultimately, a critical loss of political support. Any of these risks, in turn, are likely to result in mission failure," he wrote.

What exactly is the "mission" anyway, chief?

[NormsRevenge]

Something stink, O?

afp

[Gator113]

“.... leaked to the Washington Post....)

During a time of war, these leakers should be hunted down and killed on the spot.

Those that receive and then irresponsibly publish the leaks, should meet the same fate.

[SaraJohnson]

Obama’s endgame discussed by a military chief...

[reagan_fanatic]

Geezuz - why are reports like this being made public??

Talk about a propaganda windfall for the taliban.

[oneolcop]

Perhaps I'm traumatized by my experience in Vietnam but I'm concerned that the war is unwinnable. Not because of any lack of courage or dedication by our superb military but because that county is not really a country but an accumulation of tribes and medieval warlords who are, at least for the present, beyond redemption.

We need to get our minds around the fact that there is a strong justification for assigning collective responsibility for any tribe(s) in Afghanistan that supports al Queda.

We can't bomb them into the stone age but we may just have to obliterate whole tribes to wipe out those who support our enemies.

[Bringbackthedraft]

This is BS! The war is winnable, we have to up our nasty factor. Be thorough and keep it quiet. No MSM what so ever. A little harsh, but after awhile there is a breaking point at the Mr. Nice guy level.

[SevenMinusOne]

General Stanley McChrystal said a new strategy was needed and warned that "inadequate resources will likely result in failure.

Way to play chess sir.....while catching this WH playing checkers on this issue of NS.

[onedoug]

zero: “Allah akbar!”

[Rick_Michael]

How hard is it to send more troops? I mean he’s already removed many from Iraq and this was suppose to be the place of focus....now he’s seemly giving up on it.....I don’t get it...

[Senator_Blutarski]

So what exactly is our objective? How will we know when we have won? What specifically are we doing to achieve victory?

If Obama can't answer those questions, its time to leave...

[redgolum]

Sounds Accurate.