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| Questions No One Wants to Ask Gen. McChrystal |
| 2009-12-11 |
| As the Washington Times recently reported, the McChrystal counterinsurgency rules now include: No night searches. Villagers must be warned prior to searches. Afghan National Army or Afghan Police must accompany U.S. units on searches. Searches must account, according to International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) headquarters, "for the unique cultural sensitivities toward local women." ("Islamic repressiveness" is more accurate, but that's another story.) U.S. soldiers may not fire on the enemy unless the enemy is preparing to fire first. U.S. forces may not engage the enemy if civilians are present. U.S. forces may fire at an enemy caught in the act of placing an IED, but not walking away from an IED area. And on it goes. Here's another ROE that Gen. McChrystal should have been asked to justify to all Americans who hope to see their loved ones return home in one piece. The London Times recently reported that Marines, about to embark on a dangerous supply mission, were shown a PowerPoint presentation that first illustrated locations of IEDs along the way and then warned the Marines "not to fire indiscriminately even if they were fired on." Even if they were fired on? Could they fire at all - even "discriminately"? How long does Gen. McChrystal think troops can hold their fire and maintain healthy morale? And how about a progress report on the investigation into that deadly disaster at Ganjgal? Congress wasn't interested in any of these questions. The Times story went on to note: "The briefing ended with a projected screen of McChrystal's quote: "It's not how many you kill, it's how many you convince." Another question: How many you convince of what, general? Of the depravity of child marriage? Of the injustice of Sharia laws that subjugate women and non-Muslims? Of the inhumanity of jihad? |
| Posted by:Thranter Greamble4725 |
| #2 WORLD NEWS > [NYT Artic] RETHINKING THE PACIFIC. LEW KUAN YEW - [paraph] The 21st Century will be marked by a CONTEST FOR GEOPOL-GLOBAL SUPREMACY in the Pacific. No State which desires to be a WORLD POWER, EXPAND OR STAY A WORLD POWER will be able to do unless can hold/stand their ground in the Pacific agz all other competing Nation-States. I can agree. * 1960's-early 1970's GUAM TAOTAMONAS > As US power wanes vee other World Powers [China], it may choose to deny strategic Pacific Islands to geopol enemies or opponents by destroying same via undergound nuclear detonations which cause the lands to implode + collapse upn itself. * ISLAM + A FUTURE TROUBLESOME VIRGIN = Madonna??? D *** NG IT, you just know ANGELINA will have something to say! |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2009-12-11 09:33 |
| #1 ION TOPIX > THE AFGHANIZATION OF CENTRAL ASIA [US Policy Planners may unwitting be exporting Afghanistan's various Security, Governance Crises, etc. to its neighbors in CENTASIA/CENASIA i.e. TURKMENISTAN, UZBEKISTAN, TAIJIKISTAN. IMO sub-read, CHINA + RUSSIA + INDJUH, espec the two former Cold War nukulaar protagonists. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2009-12-11 09:22 |