Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Seven Days in June

So much for polishing a general’s image with a pretty profile in Rolling Stone.

What’s Second Prize?

Regardless of whether General McChrystal stays or goes, unanswered questions on Afghanistan will remain.

When Greatness Slips Away

As we become increasingly accustomed to helplessness, the greatness of the United States is steadily disappearing.

Still wrong. The US is not diminished by recognizing reality.

President Obama and General McChrystal

Whatever President Obama decides to do about General McChrystal, he needs to get hold of his Afghanistan policy right now.

McChrystal is retired. I hope his policy goes with him. Petrayus may do right.

McChrystal’s Fate in Limbo as He Prepares to Meet Obama

President Obama will meet on Wednesday with his top commander in the Afghan war and could decide whether to accept his resignation after a firestorm over remarks made by the general.

McChrystal’s Fate in Limbo as Obama Cites Poor Judgment

President Obama said that Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal had shown “poor judgment” after his remarks in a magazine profile, and Pentagon officials said that the general had prepared a letter of resignation.

Rules for War Vex the Warriors

Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal has made it harder for troops to use lethal force in fighting the Taliban.

Not the problem. There is a lot of this going around:

The Anosognosic’s Dilemma: Something’s Wrong but You’ll Never Know What It Is (Part 1)


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