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...this was the infamous McChrystal London speech that allegedly put the military at odds, publicly, with President Obama. Actually, the controversy was all about a comment McChrystal made during the question-and-answer session, when he said a switch from counterinsurgency to a counterterrorism strategy, in which American troops are withdrawn and the war against al-Qaeda is fought mostly with drones and special forces, would be "shortsighted." A week later, the President said essentially the same thing at a meeting of congressional leaders. And while it could be argued that McChrystal overstepped by dissing one possible course of action...
...Obama will meet behind closed doors for three hours with his Afghan-war advisers on Wednesday. They held a similar session last Friday, and have scheduled a third one for Friday. "My assessment, having been a participant in this, has been that we've had ample opportunity to provide our best professional military advice," Army general David Petraeus, chief of the U.S. Central Command overseeing the Afghan war, told an Army audience Tuesday. "General McChrystal has been participating in these by video teleconference." Afghanistan, he added, "requires a sustained substantial commitment." But, perhaps more politically astute than McChrystal - who called...
...intelligent deliberation, we have ignorant demagoguery. Instead of concern and compassion for the uninsured, we hear cries of “Communism!” from the uninformed. The president tried to stop the bleeding with one of his trademark orations—this time to a joint session of Congress during prime time—but his performance only underscored the old cliché that sometimes actions are better than words...
...party] is against the decision, and if the PLO [Palestine Liberation Organization] executive committee is against the decision, and if the Fatah central committee is against the decision- all political and Islamic factions are against the decision - then who made the decision?" Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh said during the session. "They - the Zionists - made the decision. Supporters of the Zionists made the decision...
...Watch Obama's Sept. 9, 2009, speech to a joint session of Congress...