Posted on 01/27/2011 4:30:44 PM PST by Pan_Yan
Washington The former commander of military forces in Afghanistan, retired Gen. Stanley McChrystal, this week related a striking behind-the-scenes account of the US Special Operations forces hunt for Taliban insurgents, revealing US government agency roadblocks that made his job more difficult.
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“We were not fast enough, and not precise enough to get him,” he said at the conference, sponsored by the Institute for Defense and Government Advance. “So we started trying to find out why.”
To that end, McChrystal returned to Washington to meet with “one of our intelligence agencies." He recounted the conversation. “They said, ‘Well, actually, we know before he comes in when he’s going to come in, but we can’t give you that information.’ I said, ‘All right, why?’ They said, ‘Because you’re JSCOC [Joint Special Operations Command] and you target people. We’re not allowed to give you information until they are somewhere where you can target them legally’ – which is like telling someone to 'shoot skeet, but leave the weapon in the trunk of the car.' ”
Eventually McChrystal came to an agreement with the US intelligence agency. “They agreed to tell us” when the Taliban leader was in the country, “and I agreed not to go across the border” into Pakistan to get him.
Thanks to that cooperation, “He’s dead,” McChrystal concluded.
(Excerpt) Read more at csmonitor.com ...
Guess the General and his aides had justified reasons for their opinions.
Sounds like state dept bs. We ought to stick a few of those empty suit desk weenies out on the front lines and see how well they perform.
If this administration was fighting WWII, Admiral Yamamoto would have a beach house in Maui.
Is he writing a book?
Of course he is.
So they were fighting the Taliban, and having to fight THEIR OWN COUNTRY at the same. It is immoral to ask men to do that. Either you fight to win, or you don’t send men to war.
Of course, that was when we still had a Department of *War*.
They have enemies in both places.
If you value your nation, never, ever put it in the hands of democrats ...
The LBJ / John McNamara doctrine lives on in this admin
Number one problem dealing with unwashed civilians given political power but not the brains on how to conduct a freaking dance.
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