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McChrystal will get turned down again if he wants to be

December 8th, 2009 | No Comments

General McChrystal, Obama’s Afghanistan czar, requested 40,000 troops a few months ago.  Obama hemmed and hawed, and decided he’d let McChrystal have 30,000 troops if he promised to surrender and withdraw sometime in July 2011. Now, with confidence, McChrystal asserted: But he said, “I will always provide my best military advice” and if conditions warrant, [...]