Hitchens on Iraq: once more, with feelingThere is something pitiable about the end of General Stanley McChrystal’s career in the wake of his controversial Rolling Stone interview. McChrystal ought to be sent back to Baghdad for one final mission before he retires, writes Christopher Hitchens.
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Petraeus to replace McChrystal, but policy remains bung
Obama’s decision to replace Gen Stanley McChrystal with Gen David Petraeus to lead the war in Afghanistan may be a clever political move, but the war remains a corrosive policy that should be ditched, according to Politics in Color.
Internet hijackers: stealing content and avoiding blame
Why did Time.com and Politico, two well respected news sites, completely violate copyright and publish the infamous Rolling Stone McChrystal profile on their sites?
Meet the new US Commander to Afghanistan
The Rolling Stone article on Stanley McChrystal, the top US Commander to Afghanistan, managed to lose McChrystal his job and now General David Petraeus has taken over. Was he the right choice?
Political snippets: Glaring at Afghanistan through a McChrystal ball
The US commander in Afghanistan Stanley McChrystal is in big trouble, strange goings on up in the LNP in Queensland, Rudd’s secret polling and other political news of the day.
How Rolling Stone got the story
Michael Hastings, whose Rolling Stone profile on General McChrystal has everyone in a tizz, tells how he got all the juicy quotes from McChrystal’s inner circle. Thanks go to the Icelandic volcano.
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McChrystal gives the bird to Obama
This is the controversial Rolling Stone profile that has landed General McChrystal, US Commander in Afghanistan, in hot water and possibly forced him to tender his resignation to Barack Obama.
McChrystal quits?
Top US Commander to Afghanistan General Stanley McChrystal is rumoured to have offered his resignation to Barack Obama, following a damning Rolling Stone profile of McChrystal where he ridicules the White House. Or will he have to wait until tomorrow?
Peace in Afghanistan: high hopes but low expectations
The Afghan Peace Jirga — a meeting of tribal leaders and politicians in Kabul to discuss peace and how to rid the country of the Taliban — is beset by worries about control from “foreigners and infidels”, primarily Washington.
Karzai and McCrystal visit Uruzgan: nobody cares
Afghan President Hamid Karzai and ISAF Commander General Stanley McChrystal met with Australian troops in Afghanistan over the weekend — not that Australian media noticed writes James Brown.
The Osama bungle: time to pass the impassable
For a country who prides itself on dominance and power, why can’t the US just catch Osama Bin Laden? Eight years after Tora Bora, it’s time to head into Pakistan and stop this embarrassing stain on US military history, writes Maureen Dowd.
Glenn Beck: Since when is Obama a war expert?
The war in Afghanistan is turning into another Vietnam because the Democrats are too weak to do what they actually believe in, says Fox News mouthpiece Glenn Beck. If Obama doesn’t agree with General Stanley McChrystal, then he should fire him.
Meghan McCain: 30,000 is not enough
A commitment by Barack Obama of anything less than the 40,000 troops General Stanley McChrystal has requested for Afghanistan is not enough, says Meghan McCain.
‘Chaosistan’? US General spills secret CIA report
The US commander in Afghanistan, Gen. Stanley McChrystal, accidentally let slip about a secret CIA report called “Chaosistan”, which advocates letting Afghanistan become a “Somalia-like haven of chaos that we simply manage from outside.”
Obama vs. McChrystal: who’s really running the Afghan war?
Obama may be America’s Commander-in-Chief, but the US military’s commander in Afghanistan, Gen. Stanley McChrystal, has been making waves by publicly discussing his opinions on the military’s strategy. Just what is the chain of command here?
Welcome dissenters, it’s time to end the war
Anti war protesters in the US are moving their anger from Iraq to Afghanistan, fighting military proposals for a troop surge. With vigils, petitions and house parties, Peter Rothberg shows how to get involved.
US General calls for a rethink on Afghanistan
The commander of US and NATO forces in Afghanistan, Gen. Stanley McChrystal, says the war there is still winnable, but requires a new strategy: shifting focus from battling Taliban insurgents to helping the local population feel secure.
The war in Afghanistan is about to get dirtier
With Labor’s budget doubling Australia’s expenditure on Afghanistan, it seems pertinent to look at where that war might be heading, writes Jeff Sparrow.
