http://washingtonindependent.com/53807/mcchrystal-may-punt-on-u-s-troop-increases-in-his-60-day-review National News in Context Tue, 31 Jan 2012 02:40:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://washingtonindependent.com/53807/mcchrystal-may-punt-on-u-s-troop-increases-in-his-60-day-review/comment-page-1#comment-70574 Three Men And Afghanistan « Around The Sphere Tue, 01 Sep 2009 16:45:41 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=53807#comment-70574 [...] On the review, Spencer Ackerman: We still don’t know what it says. Not even Defense Secretary Bob Gates does, apparently, though it went to the Pentagon and NATO. The initial reports are that it says a lot of what it’s been expected to say: the war is hard but not hopeless; more Afghan forces are necessary; intelligence collection and dissemination needs to improve; so does military-civilian coordination; so does U.S.-NATO coordination. There are no indications as yet that it will deal with broader strategic questions of what the war aims precisely are or how the U.S. will know when they’ve achieved them. (And McChrystal is deferring a decision to request more troops until a later date.) [...] [...] On the review, Spencer Ackerman: We still don’t know what it says. Not even Defense Secretary Bob Gates does, apparently, though it went to the Pentagon and NATO. The initial reports are that it says a lot of what it’s been expected to say: the war is hard but not hopeless; more Afghan forces are necessary; intelligence collection and dissemination needs to improve; so does military-civilian coordination; so does U.S.-NATO coordination. There are no indications as yet that it will deal with broader strategic questions of what the war aims precisely are or how the U.S. will know when they’ve achieved them. (And McChrystal is deferring a decision to request more troops until a later date.) [...]

]]> http://washingtonindependent.com/53807/mcchrystal-may-punt-on-u-s-troop-increases-in-his-60-day-review/comment-page-1#comment-60881 Any New Afghanistan Troop Requests Will Follow McChrystal’s 60-Day Review | The Lie Politic Thu, 06 Aug 2009 02:32:51 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=53807#comment-60881 [...] Bloomberg reports, Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell confirms. I don’t yet have the full transcript of his press [...] [...] Bloomberg reports, Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell confirms. I don’t yet have the full transcript of his press [...]

]]> http://washingtonindependent.com/53807/mcchrystal-may-punt-on-u-s-troop-increases-in-his-60-day-review/comment-page-1#comment-60412 The Washington Independent » McChrystal May Punt on U.S. Troop … | kozmom news Wed, 05 Aug 2009 15:31:49 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=53807#comment-60412 [...] Here is the original: The Washington Independent » McChrystal May Punt on U.S. Troop … [...] [...] Here is the original: The Washington Independent » McChrystal May Punt on U.S. Troop … [...]

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