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Army Plans $100 Million Special Ops HQ in Afghanistan
The Army is looking to spend as much as $100 million to expand its Special Operations headquarters in northern Afghanistan. All around Afghanistan, from Kandahar Airfield to the Bagram jail, the U.S....
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New U.S. Intel Push Risks Taliban ‘Propaganda Bonanza’
Even before they got to Kabul, the current crop of American military commanders worried that their biggest obstacle could turn out to be Afghanistan’s endemic corruption, not its insurgents. So, in...
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No, the U.S. Didn’t Just ‘Discover’ a $1T Afghan Motherlode (Updated)
Despite what you may read this morning, the U.S. military did not just “discover” a trillion dollars’ worth of precious minerals in Afghanistan. The New York Times today proclaimed that Afghanistan is...
View ArticleFour Months In, Special Forces Team ‘Can’t Find the Taliban’
Four months into their tour in southern Afghanistan, a Special Forces A-team still has no idea who they’re fighting. “I don’t know where to pinpoint them [or] how to pinpoint them,” the team’s...
View ArticleMcChrystal Apologizes for Incendiary Article
By now, you’ve probably heard about the upcoming Rolling Stone profile of General Stanley McChrystal: The one in which the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan says he felt “betrayed” by American...
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Military Critic on McChrystal: ‘Everybody in Uniform is Replaceable’
Lt. Col. Paul Yingling became a military folk hero when he called out his superior officers during the darkest days of the Iraq war. Now, he’s got some choice words for Gen. Stanley McChrystal and his...
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McChrystal Backer: ‘Travesty’ if Obama Sacks General (Updated)
General Stanley McChrystal made a mistake — a giant mistake — talking smack about his superior officers and colleagues like U.S. ambassador Karl Eikenberry. But that doesn’t mean he should be canned...
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Did McChrystal Just Put the Whole War in Jeopardy?
Forget about his damaged reputation. By giving these inflammatory interviews to Rolling Stone, General McChrystal has risked the entire outcome of the war. President Obama already had a hell of a...
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McChrystal Aides Shocked, ‘Heartbroken’ After Mag Profile (Updated)
I’ve spoken with a number of current and former aides to General Stanley McChrystal today. None of them felt like going on-the-record; no surprise there. But their reactions to his incendiary profile...
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Why Obama Had to Fire McChrystal
In the end, it was Obama’s only move. Keeping General Stanley McChrystal in place would have shattered the chain of command, obliterated the authority Obama had with the military, and undermined any...
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