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Report: Obama told Petraeus and McChrystal to "scrub&qu

hypocritexposer

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Report: Obama told Petraeus and McChrystal to "scrub" assessments
Thu, 09/24/2009 - 3:20pm

As the Obama administration wrestles with how to deal with the worsening military and political situation in Afghanistan and the worsening level of public support for the war at home, new details are emerging about how the president is thinking about his decision on whether to send more U.S. troops to the region.

According to Howard "Buck" McKeon, R-CA, the new top Republican on the House Armed Services Committee, Obama told Central Command head Gen. David Petraeus and Afghanistan commander Gen. Stanley McChrystal to "scrub" their assessments because he "wasn't inclined to send troops over there."

If McKeon's claim is true, Obama's instructions, relayed to McKeon through Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, show how resistant the president is to doubling down on the war in Afghanistan and how Republicans are prepared to take their push for an increased commitment of resources to the public.

The second half of McChrystal's assessment, the part that will spell out his request for more troops, is expected to hit the Pentagon soon.

Roll Call's Jennifer Bendery and John Stanton have the scoop (subscription only, unfortunately):

House Armed Services ranking member Howard McKeon (R-Calif.) said Wednesday that Gates told him on a July trip to Afghanistan that Obama "wasn't inclined to send troops over there."

McKeon said Gates also told him that, in light of Gen. David Petraeus and McChrystal being asked to submit assessments to the president on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, respectively, Obama had "given instructions" to them to "scrub everything, to make sure they didn't ask for more than they needed."

That conversation prompted McKeon to ask McChrystal if the directive sent "a chilling message" that the U.S. and NATO commander should ask for less troops than he needed. "He said, ‘No, I'm honor-bound to ask for what I need,'" McKeon said."

http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2009/09/24/report_obama_told_petraeus_and_mcchrystal_to_scrub_assessments
 

Steve

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Sandhusker said:
You elect a boy to do a man's job.....

in light of the fact that certain minorities are sensitive to comments.. your comment has been construed as racist..

you should have just said.. We told you so...
:roll: :roll: :wink:

or you elect a inexperienced community organizer who has never finished any thing in his life to do something even an idiot like Bush could understand. :roll: :roll: :wink:


not sure who said it.. if Obama is going to put our troops at risk and deny the generals the additional troops then get US out of the fight..

while I am totally against the liberal surrender policy.. the slow bleeding of soldiers lives because liberals can't stomach a fight is criminal.
 
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hypocritexposer said:
Everything else is an emergency and needs to be done right away.

Why not this request for more troops?



Here is what I dont get. The bills dont get implemented for 4 or 5years and we cant have 3 days to read them. Something is rotten in Wshington! :evil:
 

aplusmnt

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Pig Farmer said:
hypocritexposer said:
Everything else is an emergency and needs to be done right away.

Why not this request for more troops?



Here is what I dont get. The bills dont get implemented for 4 or 5years and we cant have 3 days to read them. Something is rotten in Wshington! :evil:

Smells fishy especially after Obama promised bills would have time to be read by all of us.

People are getting so sick of this crap!
 

Triangle Bar

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Pig Farmer said:
Here is what I dont get. The bills dont get implemented for 4 or 5years and we cant have 3 days to read them. Something is rotten in Wshington! :evil:

It's easy enough to understand....the Left is ramming bills through while they have the majority to do so and since they won't become effective till after O's re-election, there will be no fall out during the presidential election.
 

aplusmnt

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Triangle Bar said:
Pig Farmer said:
Here is what I dont get. The bills dont get implemented for 4 or 5years and we cant have 3 days to read them. Something is rotten in Wshington! :evil:

It's easy enough to understand....the Left is ramming bills through while they have the majority to do so and since they won't become effective till after O's re-election, there will be no fall out during the presidential election.

Then when it really hits the fan a Republican or different President will get the blame, much like Bush gets the blame for policies in housing that started under Clinton and others before him.

Most of the Sheep out there do not realize or care to really look at when and how something started! They just drink the kool aid and go on watching American Idol!
 
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