I sat through a painful House Armed Services Committee hearing yesterday to listen for anything new from General Stanley McChrystal, who continued the administration’s backpedaling from the July 2011 date for the start of a drawdown in Afghanistan: “I don’t believe July 2011 is a major factor in my military strategy.” This quote is the [...]
Archive for December 9, 2009
Democrats Continue to Run Away from Their Base on Afghanistan
Posted: December 9, 2009 in UncategorizedTags: Afghanistan, General McChrystal, Ike Skelton, Karl Eikenberry, Rethink Afghanistan, Rory O'Connor, Stanley McChrystal
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