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To: tejek who wrote (573359)	6/24/2010 11:54:02 AM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (3) of 1573958

Ted, > Setting him up? You're kidding....he cheekily demanded and got 30K extra men for Afghanistan. That was after a lot of political struggling which left bitter feelings on both sides of the argument. I'm sure we'll find out more from McChrystal now that he has a lot of "free time" on his hands. Maybe some of it will be confirmed by Bob Woodward who always seems to get the inside scoop. In the meantime, I wouldn't trust the mainstream media to provide the full story. They already have their narrative. A loose cannon for a general, a war supposedly going badly, The Chosen One reasserting civilian control over the military ... what more is there to report? A LOT more, such as the reasons why McChrystal flew off the handle. Hard to believe a man with "an enlightened strategy for dealing with the insurgency" would just do this for no reason. Plus the war in Afghanistan isn't going as badly as the media is portraying. Certainly not the way Rolling Stone did. The worst thing that can happen is that the war in Afghanistan ends with a whimper. We just get tired of the place and leave. But I don't think that makes for a great story, other than the departure itself. Tenchusatsu

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