There was a minor controversy in April after Gen. David Petraeus, commander of U.S. forces in the Middle East and South Asia, disclosed that military commanders in Afghanistan have requested an additional 10,000 troops atop the 17,000 that the Obama administration ordered deployed earlier this year. Not a whole More…
Lt. Gen. Stanley McChrystal expressed skepticism about the prospects for both cleaving al-Qaeda from the Taliban and for reincorporating the Taliban within the Afghan government. “I don’t think the Taliban have any reason to turn their back on al-Qaeda,” he told Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.), saying it “might be easier More…
Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.) asked Lt. Gen. Stanley McChrystal how he views the strategic importance of reducing civilian casualties and how he intends to reduce them in Afghanistan.
“I believe the perception caused by civilian casualties is one of the most dangerous enemies we face,” McChrystal said, as the loss More…
Lt. Gen. Stanley McChrystal personally apologized to the family of Cpl. Pat Tillman, the fallen Army Ranger killed in Afghanistan by friendly fire in 2004, for writing a memorandum for his chain of command that seemed to suggest a cover-up of the circumstances in Tillman’s death. “If I had More…
Lt. Gen. Stanley McChrystal sent a written statement to the Senate Armed Services Committee on detention policy, which is a focal point of criticism for his nomination to head the Afghanistan war. “We must at all times obligation treat detainees humanely … military necessity does not permit us” to More…
Lt. Gen. Stanley McChrystal is before the Senate Armed Services Committee for his nomination hearing to become the next commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan. Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.), the chairman of the committee, urged McChrystal to address detainee abuse at the hands of troops under McChrystal’s command and outline More…
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