When in Command, COMMAND
Posted By Bouhammer on September 21, 2009
“When in Command, COMMAND!†Those were the words of Admiral Nimitz during the battle of Midway in WWII. There are a lot of things going on today with Afghanistan and I need to catch up. But the bottom line is this, last week CJCS ADM Mullen started laying the groundwork because he read the report from Gen McChrystal.
Today the Washington Post released an almost complete copy of the assessment report from Gen. McChrystal to SecDef Gates. I said over a month ago that rumors were coming out that McChrystal would ask for upwards of 40,000 more troops. Now it appears those rumors were true and in the report McChrystal makes it clear that his opinion is that more troops are needed or the mission in Afghanistan will fail.
I need to take some time and read the entire report today which can be found here, http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/documents/Assessment_Redacted_092109.pdf?sid=ST2009092003140
But until I get time to actually read it and post my opinion, please take a few moments and read my friend Greyhawk’s assessment of it. http://www.mudvillegazette.com/032628.html
I promise there will be more on this later today or tonight.
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