Posted on 10/02/2009 6:42:30 PM PDT by Federalist Patriot
Thanks...
You stated:Assuming Genl McChrystal’s is the right position, half measures would set the US up to lose.
So does that mean full measures would really make us
win this war? I thought these people will never stop,
fighting and killing is all they know and want.
There are no guarantees .. but the same was said of the Japanese in WWII. If the US doesn’t give its full effort, based on the the best military advice, who would ever know ?
I might expect a demand for resignation or a firing. I would never defend anyhting Obama does, but McChrystal IMO stepped over the line active commanders must toe. The President, God help us now, is CinC. Any criticism of planning must be made either directly or through Chain of command to POTUS. Never in public. Never in the Press. If a matter is of such importance to a commander and he receives no support from POTUS then he either carries out the orders to the best of his ability or he resigns and carries on the fight as a civilian. McChrystal should resign now before he can be dismissed so as to retain his viability as a critic of Obama’s policies.
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Followup- McChrystal was of course correct:
Taliban capture key Afghan provincial capital Kunduz
The Guardian ^ | 28 September 2015 | Sune Engel Rasmussen
Posted on by Leaning Right
The Taliban have captured Kunduz in northern Afghanistan, taking government buildings and the city’s central prison in one of the biggest military victories for the movement since 2001. It is the most serious invasion of a provincial capital in 14 years.
(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...
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