Showing posts with label mcchrystal. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mcchrystal. Show all posts

Monday, May 31, 2010

General McChrystal: Iran training and supporting taliban

"There is, however, clear evidence of Iranian activity — in some cases providing weaponry and training to the Taliban — that is inappropriate,"

That's more than just "inappropriate", that's...well I'll let you fill in the blanks. Iran has a history of training and supporting terrorists that attack US troops in both Iraq and Afghanistan. Washington Times

KABUL, Afghanistan | The commander of NATO and U.S. forces in Afghanistan said on Sunday there is "clear evidence" that some Taliban fighters have trained in Iran.[...]

"There is, however, clear evidence of Iranian activity — in some cases providing weaponry and training to the Taliban — that is inappropriate," he said. Gen. McChrystal said NATO forces are working to stop both the training and the weapons trafficking.

Last month, Gen. McChrystal said there were indications that Taliban were training in Iran, but not very many and not in a way that it appeared it was part of an Iranian government policy. He did not give details on how many people have trained in Iran at Sunday's news conference.

A recent Pentagon report to Congress on Iran's military said arms caches found recently in Afghanistan included large amounts of Iranian weapons, including 107 mm rockets that were sent by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force. Manufacturing dates on the arms "suggest lethal support is ongoing," the report said.

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Wednesday, April 28, 2010

US military releases super complicated graph on Afghan situation


'When we understand that slide, we'll have won the war,' General McChrystal.

I made a simpler slide that clearly states what we should do to win the war in Afghanistan.

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Thursday, December 3, 2009

Gen. McChrystal: Let the taliban quit with dignity

More and more it looks like the Obama administration is looking for ways to negotiate an end to the Afghan war. MSNBC

KABUL, Afghanistan - The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan said Wednesday that the Afghan government and its international partners should use the coming 18 months to convince the Taliban they can't win and offer militants a way to quit the insurgency "with dignity."[...]

"This (war) will go on for quite awhile, but it will be decided, in my view, in the next one or two years," McChrystal said. "I believe that by this time next year we'll see a level of progress."

McChrystal earlier told reporters the 18-month timetable was enough time to build up Afghan forces and convince the people that they can eventually take care of their own security.

He said the Afghan government and the coalition should also use that period "to convince the Taliban and the people from whom they recruit that they cannot win — that there is not a way for the insurgency to win militarily."
How will you convince the taliban that there is no way of winning when Obama stated that we'll be out of Afghanistan by 2017? They just have to lay low for a while and then they can reclaim Afghanistan.

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