White House summons US general to explain himself

[TheMercenary]

Sooner or later we will need to just let them go at it. I read the other day that Obama is sticking to his timeline of a pullout by Jul of 11. Who knows, but if that is the case why commit more troops to trying to kick out the Taliban and AQ in the South if we are just going to give it back to the bad guys in a year? McChrystal speaks his mind, I respect him more for that than kissing anyone's ass, maybe he felt betrayed by Eikenberry.

[xoxoxoBruce]

He said he felt betrayed, but for the life of me, I can't figure out why.

I read the other day that Obama is sticking to his timeline of a pullout by Jul of 11.

That's not accurate, the plan proposed by the military (McChrystal) was with additional troops, they (he) would have secured the key areas by July '11. Then Obama would order a drawdown of our troops, as they were replaced by UN and Afghan security, to hold the territory McChrystal secured. The Afghan's security troops have shown they can't, or won't, do that, so I personally feel the whole plan will fail. We can take any territory we want, but can't protect the population once we've got it. The key to success in Iraq, was having the Iraqis step up to protect themselves, once we'd kicked ass.