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| Either give the general the resources he believes he needs, or change the mission |
| 2009-09-22 |
| GEN. Stan McChrystal, an honorable soldier, has reported from Afghani stan: He wants more troops for a "classic" counterinsurgency strategy to secure the population, then win hearts and minds. President Obama needs to make a decision: Either give the general the resources he believes he needs, or change the mission. I'm for changing the mission. Concentrate on the continued destruction of al Qaeda and its allies. Nothing else matters in this mess. Last spring, the president handed McChrystal an impossible mission: Turn Afghanistan into a prosperous, rule-of-law democracy cherished by its citizens. The general's doing his best. But we have zero chance -- zero -- of making that happen. The more I think about it, the more I feel that Peters' approach is the only one that makes sense. |
| Posted by:Spot |
| #6 Keep killing them until THEY ask for peace. That strategy was a roaring success for the Soviets. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2009-09-22 18:31 |
| #5 As we would prolly need at least two decades in Afghanistan to fix the professional martial culture I think Peters is basically restating what many of us on here have already mentioned. I'm pretty sure Gen McC has Sun Tzu memorized, I'm also pretty sure Obama thinks Sun Tzu is combo #8 at the local Chinese take-out. |
| Posted by: Broadhead6 2009-09-22 13:44 |
| #4 Cut off the Paki jizya pipeline too. Of course the last time Clinton and Congress did that, we got 9/11 in response. |
| Posted by: ed 2009-09-22 12:33 |
| #3 Keep killing them until THEY ask for peace. |
| Posted by: Hellfish 2009-09-22 12:25 |
| #2 What we really need is just a compact, lethal force of special operators, intelligence resources and air assets, along with sufficient conventional forces for protection and punitive raids. But Congress said its illegal! |
| Posted by: Lumpy Elmoluck5091 2009-09-22 11:51 |
| #1 The more I think about it, the more I feel that Peters' approach is the only one that makes sense. Me too |
| Posted by: tipper 2009-09-22 11:13 |