McChrystal To Resign If Not Given Resources
For Afghanistan -- Threat Matrix
For Afghanistan -- Threat Matrix
Within 24 hours of the leak of the Afghanistan assessment to The Washington Post, General Stanley McChrystal's team fired its second shot across the bow of the Obama administration. According to McClatchy, military officers close to General McChrystal said he is prepared to resign if he isn't given sufficient resources (read "troops") to implement a change of direction in Afghanistan:
Adding to the frustration, according to officials in Kabul and Washington, are White House and Pentagon directives made over the last six weeks that Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the top U.S. military commander in Afghanistan, not submit his request for as many as 45,000 additional troops because the administration isn't ready for it.Read more ....
More News On General McChrystal, His Afghan Assessment,
And Will He Resign
And Will He Resign
Bombshell: McChrystal to resign if not given more troops -- American Thinker
Barack Obama opens rift with General McChrystal over Afghan strategy -- Times Online
Commander to Request Thousands More Troops to Afghanistan as Early as Wednesday -- FOX News
Frustration over Obama's Afghanistan war policy -- AP
Will McChrystal resign if Obama doesn’t act? -- Hot Air
My Comment: This conflict between a General and his President is unprecedented in my lifetime. On the one hand, the General must serve and obey his President .... but on the other hand .... he must stand up for his principles and the soldiers that serve under him.
When I read the Afghan Assessment last night, the tone of the report was very clear. The commander is both worried and concerned about his men and the danger that they are in. It is in this context that General McChrystal's recent orders for US troops to retreat from Taliban strongholds now makes sense .... the manpower and resources are not there to hold what they have taken.
I do not expect any quick resolutions to this conflict. President Obama's focus and attention is elsewhere, with his domestic agenda being his number one priority. The war in Afghanistan is a distraction .... an issue that he does not want to focus his energies on for the simple reason that there is no political benefit from it .... just political headaches and risks.
My prediction .... General McChrystal will resign or be replaced within a few months.
1 comment:
Why doesn't McChrystal resign NOW. Same applies to EVERYONE in the military. Every single soldier in the military NEEDS to resign. These soldiers need to say NO to giving citizens the poison [soul condemning] swine flu shots and say NO to the NWO fags.
If people would just seriously WAKE THE HELL UP NOW, the NWO can be DEFEATED. There is STRENGTH in numbers.
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