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washingtonpost.com - 10/6/2009

The Obamas' Ego Trip to Copenhagen

— washingtonpost.com — In the Niagara of words spoken and written about the Obamas' trip to Copenhagen, too few have been devoted to the words they spoke there. Their separate speeches to the International Olympic Committee were so dreadful, and in such a characteristic ... (more) The Obamas' Ego Trip to Copenhagen

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Gen. McChrystal Has a Right to Speak Up on Afghanistan

— washingtonpost.com — Comments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from the site. Additionally, entries that are unsigned or contain "signatures" by someone other than the actual author will be removed. ... (more) Gen. McChrystal Has a Right to Speak Up on Afghanistan

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Obama Needs More Than Personality to Win in Afghanistan

— washingtonpost.com — Barack Obama's trip to Copenhagen to pitch Chicago for the Olympics would have been a dumb move whatever the outcome. But as it turned out (an airy dismissal would not be an unfair description), it poses some questions about his presidency that are ... (more) Obama Needs More Than Personality to Win in Afghanistan

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On McChrystal
Talking Points Memo — ... It's being widely assumed that McChrystal was criticizing the Obama administration. And that conclusion seems to have been implicitly endorsed by Secretary Gates himself. But take a look at this piece by Walter Pincus. He believes critics are misinterpreting what McChrystal actually said. I'm not sure what I think. But I have such respect for Pincus' take on these things that I wanted to flag his argument. Because maybe the whole premise of this controversy is wrong. ...

Eugene Robinson’s Dishonest Attack on General McChrystal
RedState — ... If Robinson had bothered to discuss his rather twisted views of current events and history he might have discovered that he was fulminating over the talking points spoon fed him by the White House rather than what happened. I refer you to Walter Pincus writing on page A-24 of today’s Washington Post. His story has the headline: Critics Don’t See the Nuance in McChrystal’s Comments on War ...

The General Has Spoken
Opinionator — ... Biden. . . . But for the better part of half an hour, McChrystal dodged questions on a prospective troop increase, and portrayed the strategy debate, rather than the troop request, the more urgent consideration, saying, “I don’t think we have the luxury of going so fast [on debating strategy that] we make the wrong decision,” a remark that, if anything, inverted an argument made by Obama’s domestic critics. Walter Pincus was pushing the same idea in the Washington Post this morning. “ Commentators who say Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal , the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, is ...

More Pelosi: McChrystal needs to stop giving speeches
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... of command. They shouldn’t be in press conferences.” McChrystal warned in a speech last week that pursuing a narrower mission in Afghanistan than the one he outlined in a recent assessment envisioning a broad counterinsurgency strategy would be “shortsighted.” In the interview last night, Pelosi hit McChrystal for his public declaration. “I think that that’s not where this debate takes place,” she said. “The president gets the recommendations of the military.” McChrystal’s speech wasn’t nearly as tough as his critics pretend, but even so, surely he realizes that by speaking ...