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NATO Ministers Endorse McChrystal Plan for Broader Afghan Strategy
Politics Daily —
Filed under: Foreign Policy, AfghanistanNATO defense ministers meeting Friday in Bratislava, Slovakia, endorsed U.S. Gen. Stanley McChrystal's counterinsurgency plan for Afghanistan, the New York Times reports. The approval increases pressure on President Obama and the ministers' governments to commit more troops and resources to the conflict.
McChrystal's plan calls for a "full-scale" counterinsurgency strategy that would focus on protecting Afghan population centers from attacks and hasten the training of the Afghan army, both of which would require a significant increase in military personnel. The NATO ...
NATO Steps Up -- By: Rich Lowry
The Corner on National Review Online —
From New York Times:
NATO defense ministers gave their broad endorsement Friday to the counterinsurgency strategy for Afghanistan laid out by Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, increasing pressure on the Obama administration and on their own governments to commit more military and civilian resources for the mission to succeed.
General McChrystal, the senior American and allied commander in Afghanistan, landed here early Friday to brief NATO defense ministers on his strategic review of an 8-year-old war in which the American-led ...
NATO Defense Ministers Endorse Wider Afghan Effort
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News —
... counterinsurgency approach, said NATOs secretary general, Anders Fogh Rasmussen. Although the broad acceptance by NATO defense ministers of General McChrystals strategic review included no decision on new troops, it was another in a series of acknowledgements that success there cannot be achieved by a narrower effort that calls only for capturing and killing Al Qaeda-linked terrorists. That counter-terrorism strategy is identified with Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/24/world/europe/24nato.h... They can go screw themselves if ...
NATO Agrees - Someone Else Needs To Send More Troops To Afghanistan
JustOneMinute —
General McChrystal wowed 'em in Bratislavia: BRATISLAVA, Slovakia — NATO defense ministers gave their broad endorsement Friday to the counterinsurgency strategy for Afghanistan laid out by Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal , increasing pressure on the Obama administration and on their own governments to commit more military and civilian resources to the mission. ... “What we did today was to discuss General McChrystal’s overall assessment, his overall approach, and I have noted a broad support from all ministers of this overall counterinsurgency approach,” said NATO’s secretary general, Anders Fogh Rasmussen . Although the broad ...
Is the Die Already Cast on Obama's Afghanistan Decision?
The New Republic blogs —
The NYT reports on the NATO defense ministers meeting in Brussels, which featured a surprise appearance by General McChrystal: What we did today was to discuss General McChrystal s overall assessment, his overall approach, and I have noted a broad support from all ministers of this overall counterinsurgency approach, said NATO s secretary general, Anders Fogh Rasmussen . Although the broad acceptance by NATO defense ministers of General McChrystal s strategic review included no decision on new troops, it was another in a series of judgments that success there cannot be achieved by a narrower effort that calls for not increasing troop levels ...
Friday's Mini-Report
Political Animal —
... : "A suicide bomber attacked a suspected nuclear-weapons site Friday in Pakistan, raising fears about the security of the nuclear arsenal, while two other terrorist blasts made it another bloody day in the country's struggle against extremism." * A sign of things to come ? "NATO defense ministers gave their broad endorsement Friday to the counterinsurgency strategy for Afghanistan laid out by Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, increasing pressure on the Obama administration and on their own governments to commit more military and civilian resources to the mission." * Iran delays a ...
Troop Increase Looks Likely for Afghanistan
Taylor Marsh —
... NATO’s decision to endorse a broader effort in Afghanistan could be foreshadowing, as the narrower approach to Afghanistan, which Biden championed, shows all signs of being grounded. Gates was at the NATO briefing, which was also attended by Gen. Stanley McChrystal. ...
Troop Increase Looks Likely in Afghanistan
Taylor Marsh —
... NATO’s decision to endorse a broader effort in Afghanistan could be foreshadowing, as the narrower approach to Afghanistan, which Biden championed, shows all signs of being grounded. Gates was at the NATO briefing, which was also attended by Gen. Stanley McChrystal. ...
Bleep NATO
At-Largely —
Posted by Jeff Huber Tom Shanker of the New York Times tells us that NATO defense ministers have given their “broad endorsement” to Gen. Stanley McChrystal’s plan to escalate the Afghanistan war into a full-Monty counter insurgency effort. NATO defense ministers love Afghanistan; it justifies their phony-baloney jobs. Like much of the U.S. military, NATO became irrelevant when the Cold War ended. Pseudo-counterinsurgency expert David Kilcullen , who has been an adviser to David Petraeus and McChrystal, says one of the major reasons to press for a larger effort in Afghanistan is to preserve the NATO alliance. He doesn’t think ...
The Saturday Word: Revving the Engine
The Caucus —
During his weekly address, President Obama continued to talk up his proposals to aid small businesses — what he called “the engine of our economy.” Earlier this week, the White House announced it had urged Congress to up the loan limit ...
Will The Travel Ban Against Cuba Be Lifted?
DownWithTyranny! —
... This weekend the mass media is beating the war drums for the inevitability of escalation in Afghanistan. Soon Obama will see his effigies being reviled not just at rallies of crazed and confused teabaggers but by anti-war marchers all over the world. Yes, the embodiment of Change and Hope, who most of the international community still sees as the much needed antidote to the horrors of Bushism, is on the verge of leaving his pedestal-- a pedestal that includes a premature, at best, Nobel Peace Prize-- as he oversees the further horrors of a catastrophic and indefensible war ...
Bleep NATO
Antiwar.com Original —
Tom Shanker of the New York Times tells us that NATO defense ministers have given their "broad endorsement" to Gen. Stanley McChrystal’s plan to escalate the Afghanistan war into a full-Monty counter insurgency effort. NATO defense ministers love Afghanistan; it justifies their phony-baloney jobs. Like much of the U.S. military, NATO became irrelevant when the Cold War ended. Pseudo-counterinsurgency expert David Kilcullen , who has been an adviser to David Petraeus and McChrystal, says one of the major reasons to press for a larger effort in Afghanistan is to preserve the NATO alliance. He doesn’t think counterterrorism is a particularly ...
Troop Level is the Easy Part
RealClearPolitics - Homepage —
... October 23, 2009 NATO Ministers Endorse Wider Afghan Effort Thom Shanker, NY Times BRATISLAVA, Slovakia NATO defense ministers gave their broad endorsement Friday to the counterinsurgency strategy for Afghanistan laid out by Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, increasing pressure on the Obama administration and... ...
Obama Says No Rush on Afghanistan. There Should Be
RealClearPolitics - Homepage —
... October 23, 2009 NATO Ministers Endorse Wider Afghan Effort Thom Shanker, NY Times BRATISLAVA, Slovakia NATO defense ministers gave their broad endorsement Friday to the counterinsurgency strategy for Afghanistan laid out by Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, increasing pressure on the Obama administration and... ...
