Fire McChrystal and get out of Afghanistan
Independent Institute
by Ivan Eland
10/08/09
The conventional wisdom is that the war in Afghanistan is a ‘war of necessity’ that cannot be lost if the war against al-Qaeda is to be won. This proposition is only now being questioned because the fraud-plagued Afghan election makes a legitimate government almost impossible and because the war in Afghanistan has turned into an eight-year quagmire that is getting worse by the day. Not only is the conventional wisdom wrong, but Gen. Stanley McChrystal should be fired, even if it means losing the war...
http://www.independent.org/newsroom/article.asp?id=2633
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=McChrystal
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Afghanistan
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=al-Qaeda
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Ivan+Eland
by Ivan Eland
10/08/09
The conventional wisdom is that the war in Afghanistan is a ‘war of necessity’ that cannot be lost if the war against al-Qaeda is to be won. This proposition is only now being questioned because the fraud-plagued Afghan election makes a legitimate government almost impossible and because the war in Afghanistan has turned into an eight-year quagmire that is getting worse by the day. Not only is the conventional wisdom wrong, but Gen. Stanley McChrystal should be fired, even if it means losing the war...
http://www.independent.org/newsroom/article.asp?id=2633
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=McChrystal
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Afghanistan
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=al-Qaeda
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Ivan+Eland
rudkla - 9. Okt, 10:24
