nodoginnafight
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Your apologies certainly are inconsistent with your claim of non-partisanship.You again and obviously did not read the link to McChrystal's recommendations, or you are now deliberately lying about it.
Oh I read it, but your characterization of what it contains leads me to believe that you have not. On the Time-critical element that you describe like a unit being over run and suffering heavily casulaties while waiting for help from a dithering commander - McChrstal describes it very differently:
" ... but I believe the short-term fight will be decisive. Failure to gain the initiative and reverse insurgent momentum in the near-term (next 12 months) ..."
Paints a very different picture than you did - did you do that deliberately or was it a case of just not understanding what you read?
Did you understand that the overwhelming emphasis was a recommendation to change the strategy and approach? Do you understand that McChrystal was ASKING the president to review strategy? Are you aware that the main emphasis of your link is a review of strategy and NOT a "plea for help from those in harm's way" as you describe?
"Nonetheless, it must be made clear: new resources are not the crux"
A military commander has asked for resources (help) for those on the ground (in harms way) and has said several times that time is critical. Yeah, that's what I call a plea for timely help for those in harms way.
"Nonetheless, it must be made clear: new resources are not the crux"