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REPORT: General Petraeus To Quit As US Commander In Afghanistan
.businessinsider ^ | Feb 15, 2011

Posted on 02/15/2011 3:04:29 PM PST by VRWCTexan

General David Petraeus, the most celebrated American soldier of his generation, is to leave his post as commander of US and Nato forces in Afghanistan. The Times can reveal that the Pentagon aims to replace General Petraeus, who was appointed less than eight months ago, by the end of the year

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/petraeus-out-2011-2#ixzz1E4UKvDdB

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; generaldavidpetraeus; obama; petraeus; taliban; wot
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To: STARWISE

Troubling ...

Thanks for the ping, STAR.


81 posted on 02/15/2011 5:54:12 PM PST by maggief
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To: Cicero; All

Excellent, detailed Afghanistan coverage here.

http://www.longwarjournal.org/

Michael Yon is returning to Afghanistan this month,
so I expect his dispatches will contain ‘realistic’
news.

~~~

“Thank you for the incredible words of support and encouragement. I am returning to Afghanistan in February for a combination of work with our military forces, and ‘Lone Ranger writing’ away from our troops. Your support is crucial. Please consider using Paypal, or my Post Office Box, or other Methods of Support. Again, thank you for all!

Your Writer,
Michael Yon”

http://www.michaelyon-online.com/

God bless and protect our wonderful military


82 posted on 02/15/2011 5:56:01 PM PST by STARWISE (The overlords are in place .. we are a nation under siege .. pray, go Galt & hunker down)
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To: VRWCTexan

Gen Petraeus probably believes that US public support for this 10 year war in a country run by a corrupt regime is inevitably going to wane, the longer it lasts. I think it is happening quickly. His ability to either win it or bring it to a satisfactory conclusion as perceived by US public opinion he probably now sees as an impossible situation.


83 posted on 02/15/2011 5:57:52 PM PST by apoliticalone (US conservatism does not equal multi-national corporatism)
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To: Cindy; Velveeta

.. Ping!


84 posted on 02/15/2011 5:59:11 PM PST by STARWISE (The overlords are in place .. we are a nation under siege .. pray, go Galt & hunker down)
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To: VRWCTexan; All

Pentagon denies Petraeus rumors
Politico44 ^ | 02/15/11 | ABBY PHILLIP

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2674348/posts


85 posted on 02/15/2011 6:03:49 PM PST by STARWISE (The overlords are in place .. we are a nation under siege .. pray, go Galt & hunker down)
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To: mrsmith

Maybe he’d just like to spend some time with his wife and family for once. I mean, how long has he been either in Afghanistan or Iraq? Years. I know he gets to travel back and forth, but it’s just not the same.

Just a different perspective, from an Army wife. ;)


86 posted on 02/15/2011 6:04:02 PM PST by LibsRJerks
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To: Mariner

Saw your tag line you an Old Radioman huh? Me too, Enterprise, Kitty Hawk, Navcams Lant, Navcams Eastpac, Bonhomme Richard and Pacflt Reconnaissance Force.


87 posted on 02/15/2011 6:10:35 PM PST by Typical_Whitey ("It doesn't matter how smart you are, unless you stop and think".... Thomas Sowell)
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To: SeekAndFind
25,000 American POWs had been liberated from POW camps by the Soviets, but never returned to the US.

Were they in the end ?

I know some Soviet POWs begged not to return as thety knew they faced camps, trials etc but the Allies sent them back to Stalin anyway.

88 posted on 02/15/2011 6:19:57 PM PST by 1066AD
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To: STARWISE

Thanks. Yes, I agree, Michael Yon is great.


89 posted on 02/15/2011 6:25:41 PM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: All
Karzai's corruption
February 14, 2011
By Bill Ardolino-The Long War Journal

and more ... VIDEO - KARZAI'S CORRUPTION

90 posted on 02/15/2011 6:27:21 PM PST by STARWISE (The overlords are in place .. we are a nation under siege .. pray, go Galt & hunker down)
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To: padre35
"I see no positives in this move."

me neither...

My son is being deployed to trashcanistan in May. What perfect timing this is.

91 posted on 02/15/2011 6:28:32 PM PST by jurroppi1 (The gropings will continue until morale improves (or) "don't TSA me bro")
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To: wintertime
There is NO POSSIBLE WAY that I would vote for a man that let LTC Lakin and Major Cook swing slowly in the wind.

They refused to follow his lawful orders. He should let them swing in the wind.

92 posted on 02/15/2011 6:30:09 PM PST by r9etb
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To: AuH2ORepublican
I didnt "imply" the General was the traitor but the Wizard(Obama)... you know, his boss!!.. It was a weak metaphor but a very accurate one.. Oobama is a/the traitor, if indeed he is an America at all..

There seems to be no records of his reinstatement to American citizenship after he left Indonesia as a "Sottoro".. or his mother.. What is he, Indonesian or American, he cannot be both.. can you be born an American and then give up your citizenship to another nation.. AND not only that be "reinstated"?..

IF SO.... where are the records?..

93 posted on 02/15/2011 6:31:42 PM PST by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole....)
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To: rahbert
probably a thankless job.

I'm sure that's correct. I'm sure he's gotten lots of encouragement from his so called boss.

94 posted on 02/15/2011 6:33:26 PM PST by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal The 16th Amendment!)
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To: hosepipe
What is he, Indonesian or American, he cannot be both.. can you be born an American and then give up your citizenship to another nation..

Yes, as a minor, you could hold dual citizenship at that time.

However, upon reaching the age of majority (was it 18 or 21, I don't recall), you had the option to choose either.

95 posted on 02/15/2011 6:39:43 PM PST by okie01 (THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA: Ignorance On Parade)
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To: okie01
[ However, upon reaching the age of majority (was it 18 or 21, I don't recall), you had the option to choose either. ]

How do you choose?.. With a toast of Coors?..
Or were there some documents involved?..

96 posted on 02/15/2011 6:44:28 PM PST by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole....)
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To: 1066AD

the correct version is this:

Those soviet troops who were in British zones in Germany were sent back, whether they wanted to go or not.

those Soviet troops who were in the American zone were NOT sent back and stayed in GErmany, then emigrated to the States, Canada.

those that went back to Stalin were killed or sent to Siberia.


97 posted on 02/15/2011 6:49:07 PM PST by Recovering Ex-hippie
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To: VRWCTexan

Good time for him to get out.


98 posted on 02/15/2011 6:54:08 PM PST by Biggirl ("The Best Of Times, The Worse Of Times", Charles Dickens)
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To: library user
"I doubt he’s running for office. K@t!e C0ur!c interviewed Petraeus’ wife last week on her failing evening newscast. I thought that was just strange. Not that I don’t want to know what the wife of Petraeus thinks, but it was just weird."

Nothing weird about it. Mrs Petraeus was being interviewed for her work in fighting for the Military who get ripped off by Mortage Companies, PayDay Loan Sharks, etc.

99 posted on 02/15/2011 7:06:42 PM PST by Spunky (Accept that some days you're the pigeon, and some days you're the statue.)
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To: hosepipe
Or were there some documents involved?..

As I recollect (from International Law class in 1961 one had to report to a federal official (of some sort, it might have been a Post Office...or it might have been Immigration & Naturalization) and, I would assume, present documents proving you were eligible for American citizenship.

And, I would imagine, present any passport or visa issued by the other country. Whereupon, I would again assume that you would be issued some kind of document (likely from Washington or some regional office).

Sorry for the vagueness...but it's been fifty years...

100 posted on 02/15/2011 7:08:08 PM PST by okie01 (THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA: Ignorance On Parade)
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