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Title: Gen. McChrystal Calls For Overhaul Of Afghanistan War Strategy
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Published: Aug 31, 2009
Author: By Julian E. Barnes
Post Date: 2009-08-31 13:11:53 by Brian S
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Reporting from Washington - The top commander in Afghanistan has submitted his initial assessment of the war in Afghanistan, calling for a full overhaul of the military's war strategy, NATO officials said today. In his assessment, Gen. Stanley McChrystal has said that he would call for an intensified effort to train more Afghan security forces faster, pump up intelligence collection efforts and improve how that information is used and shared. He also has said he will discuss the need to develop a cadre of experts committed to the war and improve coordination between civilian and military efforts, particularly on development projects. But at the heart of the assessment is McChrystal's belief that the military needs to follow an overhauled counter-insurgency strategy that focuses on making Afghan citizens feel safer. The assessment is meant to be a more "philosophical" look at the current situation and does not contain any explicit requests for more troops or other resources. "The situation in Afghanistan is serious, but success is achievable and demands a revised implementation strategy, commitment and resolve, and increased unity of effort," Gen. McChrystal said in the assessment, according to NATO officials. NATO officials said the report was forwarded to Gen. David H. Petraeus, head of the U.S. Central Command, as well as NATO's Joint Force Command Brunssum. NATO and Central Command jointly oversee the Afghan war effort.
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#1. To: Brian S (#0)
Marxist War Mongering NEOCON Bankster BUMP
That can be quickly achieved by getting the hell outta those peoples' country tomorrow. Dipwad.
Possible the "Generals" will ask for 27,000 more grunts for Afghan. Another star for everyone.
War WAR WAR!!
Video at url
"If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your counsel nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen.”—Samuel Adams 
#2. To: Brian S (#0)
But at the heart of the assessment is McChrystal's belief that the military needs to follow an overhauled counter-insurgency strategy that focuses on making Afghan citizens feel safer.
#3. To: Lod (#2)
#4. To: Cynicom (#3)
plutocratic world order bump
"If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your counsel nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen.”—Samuel Adams
#5. To: Brian S, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs used the term war on terror at today's press conference. (#0)
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2009/08/31/white_house_spokesman_uses_phrase_war_on_terror.html
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