McChrystal kohtaa massiivisen epäonnistumisen Afganistanissa

McChrystal Faces Massive Failure in Afghanistan in Next Few Months 

Gareth Porter
AlterNet
June 15, 2010
http://www.infowars.com/mcchrystal-faces-massive-failure-in-afghanistan-in-next-few-months/

Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal confronts the specter of a collapse of U.S. political support for the war in Afghanistan in coming months comparable to the one that occurred in the Iraq War in late 2006.

On Thursday, McChrystal’s message that his strategy will weaken the Taliban in its heartland took its worst beating thus far, when he admitted that the planned offensive in Kandahar City and surrounding districts is being delayed until September at the earliest, because it does not have the support of the Kandahar population and leadership.

Equally damaging to the credibility of McChrystal’s strategy was the Washington Post report published Thursday documenting in depth the failure of February’s offensive in Marja.

Read entire article