It's not a matter of disagreeing with his report, which I have read. It is one man's opinion, a very worthy man with boots on the ground! His counsel should be seriously considered, but the review process for such input is there for a good reason, a balance of power. View points from several sides of the issue are warranted. No matter WHAT the final decision is there is no gaurentee anybody will make the best one. Even McChrystal acknowledges that. Such is the nature of war,,,
Here is a link to the actual report, which I think is more valuable than seeing it with pundit comments or political spin. It's just his straight forward assessment.
http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-s...ted_092109.pdf
Good or bad, like it or not, a Commander in Chief MUST take into account the publics support or non-support of a war effort. Not so much for political gain or loss but because he should listen to the will of the misguided, often swayed by political party affiliation, right wing and left wing nut peoples. As if to suggest "WE" actually have a freakin' clue as to what's really going on, I assure you, we don't!
But we have excellent "gut feelings", perfect hindsight and plenty news reports upon which to base our opinions, that will have to be enough. Unless, some of us have recently attended a morning National briefing on what's going on.
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