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To drain the hatred and give Afghanistan the room to build institutions and an economy that just might, one day, heal the wounds of 30 years of war, President Barack Obama and his generals are shifting strategies. Their new doctrine emphasizes protecting the Afghan people over killing insurgents. "What we...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A New General, and a New War, in Afghanistan | 7/10/2009 | See Source »

McChrystal's official career is 33 years long, but he has, in effect, been in the Army for all his 54 years - both his father and paternal grandfather were Army officers, his father making it to two-star general. After graduating from West Point in 1976 - 31 years after his...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A New General, and a New War, in Afghanistan | 7/10/2009 | See Source »

Whether that is true or not, Palin's unconventional step speaks to an ingrained frontier skepticism of authority - even one's own. Given the plunging credibility of institutions and élites, that's a mood that fits the Palin brand. Résumés ain't what they used...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Outsider: Where Is Sarah Palin Going Next? | 7/9/2009 | See Source »

But such a public message on the use of arms? Why shouldn't I? I want the Afghan people to know what we are about. I am not scared about the Taliban knowing that we are going to go protect the population, because at the end of the day, they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TIME's Interview with General Stanley McChrystal | 7/8/2009 | See Source »

The 1994 incident ... [McChrystal was a lieut. colonel with the 82nd Airborne Division when a flaming F-16 jet plowed into a parked C-141 at Pope Air Force Base, North Carolina, killing 18 of his troops as they prepared for parachute jumps. This mention in the interview was accompanied...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TIME's Interview with General Stanley McChrystal | 7/8/2009 | See Source »

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