New Boss for Afghan Fight
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11 May 2009
The inbox is full this morning. General McKiernan, our top leader in Afghanistan, is to be replaced. National Review Online and others have asked me for comment. Am in between training here in Borneo so there is no time for much, but I did send this to NRO:
"In December 2008, I saw General McKiernan briefing Secretary Gates in Afghanistan. That's as close as I've come to General McKiernan. Though I do not personally know General McKiernan, I have heard only positive reports about him. His replacement, Lieutenant General Stanley McChrystal, has an outstanding reputation in the special operations community. McChrystal has a solid reputation for knowing the fight. Unfortunately, though our special operators are the best in the world at the fight, they only stumble and fumble with the press. With media, our special operations forces are clueless and self-defeating. This is crucial. McChrystal can win every fight on the ground and still lose the war. Time will reveal whether McChrystal can adapt and win."
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Do you think, that in order to calm down Karsai after the latest Taliban attack that killed so many people, and his trip, here, to squawk to Obama and Clinton, that General McKiernan, is the fall-guy? This business of wars being waged against a vicious enemy not supposing to have civilian casualties, especially, Muslims casualties, regardless of what they do to provoke us, or Israel, or citizens of Western European countries they attack, threaten and terrorize, is ludicrous. Karzai's approval of the barbaric treatment of women and girls -innocents all-encoded in the Islamic Laws the Afghans have adopted as their body of laws presents a double-standard.The Taliban endanger innocent civilians for terror, to change and force laws onto the women and girls,such as the poisoning of the girl's school revealed ,yesterday, and to conquer and intimidate the population into doing what they want it to do. Karsia's brother is, also, a huge drug dealer , I understand.
Thank you for all you are doing,
CS.
If they deign to meet the press. Not all do, nor are all seen. Sorry, but I feel that was a real putdown to the guys at the tip of the spear, so I have to disagree with you on this one.
If they deign to meet the press. Not all do, nor are all seen. Sorry, but I feel that was a real putdown to the guys at the tip of the spear, so I have to disagree with you on this one.
However, his firing means that Obama now owns whatever happens in OEF. No blaming Bush for failure in OEF. And don't worry about the media. Though always looking for a way to promote defeat for Bush, they will now work double overtime to see to it that OEF is promoted as THE BEST RUN WAR EVER, with Obama as THE MOST BRILLIANT CINC STRATEGIST EVER.
Given what he's done with the auto and bank industries, expect Obama to start giving mission orders down at the squad level.
We can do no better than having men of this caliber at the top. LTG McKiernan is a casualty of the times, he is still a great leader, just a holdover from the previous administration. "Diggs" has the media plan already!
Keep on keeping us informed!
Every time "war corespondents", with or without camera crews came around they wheedled their way into the unit and were treated with camaraderie and good faith. We shared our "C's", beer, and trust.
In every occasion they consumed our C's, beer, and good faith and ultimately betrayed us.
Mike, I've been reading you for at long time and you seem to have broken the mold. Why else would I have sent you many hundreds of $$$. You are the exception that disproves the rule.
My advice to the troops no matter where they may be is to shun the media in every way shape and form.
Take them out behind the latrine and kick the crap out of them and send them on the way.
Unfortunately our troops are well meaning, naive, trusting young people and will get worked over just like the media has for the past 60 years.
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