Rolling Stone Editor: McChrystal Knew He Was On The Record, Didn't Dispute Accuracy Of Quotes (VIDEO)

The mission in Afghanistan has failed because it's been one flawed strategy after another.



US strategy in Afghanistan calls for sending huge numbers of ground troops to not only destroy the enemy, but to live among the civilian population & slowly rebuild, or build from scratch, another nation's government – a process that even its staunchest advocates admit requires years, if not decades, to achieve. The theory essentially rebrands the military, expanding its authority (& its funding) to encompass the diplomatic & political sides of warfare: Think the Green Berets as an armed Peace Corps.



McChrystal is gearing up for an offensive in southern Afghanistan. The prospects for any kind of success look bleak. In June, the death toll for US troops passed 1,000, & the number of IEDs has doubled. Spending hundreds of billions of dollars on the fifth-poorest country on earth has failed to win over the civilian population, whose attitude toward US troops ranges from intensely wary to openly hostile.



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