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WASHINGTON, --BREAKING NEWS, President Barack Obama may not have lost confidence in General McChrystal ability to execute the war, but he has reportedly decided to reject current options presented by advisers during war strategy discussions according to White House sources. Undisclosed administration officials say the president was not satisfied with any of the proposals and specifically cited concerns over lack of any exit strategy.
Obama has been meeting with top advisors in the Situation Room on a regular basis to craft policy for U.S. forces in Afghanistan and the adjacent Pakistan boarder territory. But a major development seemed to occur Wednesday, when U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan, Karl W. Eikenberry the former Army commander of U.S forces in Afghanistan, expressed deep concern over sending more troops to the region until the government in Kabul deals with corruption and mismanagement.
Prior reports indicated there were five tactical options being debated. The most talked about of those plans called for sending some 34,000 U.S. troops to Afghanistan, to be deployed in the south and southeast, where most fighting takes place. Both administration officials and ranking U.S. military officers have independently confirmed the plan which would reportedly stage three Army brigades, a Marine brigade, a headquarters element and support troops. The other options, the Pentagon official said, would be "different mixes," or "different components of it."
While President Obama is still expected to discuss expectation of more substantive cooperation between the United States and Afghan President Hamid Karza, The official white House statement denies the reports being carried by most news sources. "The president will have an opportunity to discuss four options with his national security team," Press Secretary Robert Gibbs insisted at the daily briefing adding the timeline for Obama's decision remained fluid.
"Anybody that tells you that the president has made a decision or 'tentatively agreed to' doesn't have, in all honesty, the slightest idea what they're talking about," Gibbs remarked Tuesday. "The president has yet to make a decision."
The recent disclosure General McChrystal glossed over his personal role in the cover up of Hero Pat Tillman’s friendly fire death, may have contributed to the growing distrust of the Generals counsel among administration officials. Reports reveal when the previous administration attempted to cover up the facts surrounding Tillman’s death, General McChrystal was a willing participant contrary to his prior statements.
Tillman at the direction of the Bush/Cheney white house was stripped naked on the field of battle so his uniform could be burned in an attempt to cover up the bullet holes, an act considered by military culture to be the ultimate display of desecration to a fallen soldier.
Several independent media sources have detailed General McChrystal's cult like influence over his immediate subordinates and junior officers, and a worry expressed by several unnamed military sources is the Christian crusade mentality displayed by many military officers on the ground.
During the Bush/Cheney administration evangelical officers who shared George Bush’s belief the conflict could be framed in terms of a modern Christian Crusade quickly rose in the ranks. While it is unknown if General McChrystal shared the Bush/Cheney crusader concept, even critics do not question his military character or patriotism despite the Tillman revelation.
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this isn't a war, this is a conflict and we should not be there. screw the warhawks and just pull out of the region. let these people kill each other like they have been doing for 2k+ years. actually, now that i think about it, this is a conflict that will allow oil companies to place oil/natural gas pipelines there and iran, funded by the Asian Development Bank. our military has been sold out to corporations, and none of you know about it nor do you care--do you?
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