Topic: Skelton endorses Gen. McChrystal’s Afghan ‘properly resourced’ strategy (Read 79 times)

darrellmaurina · « **on:** November 27, 2009, 07:41:50 PM »

Congressman Ike Skelton

Skelton endorses Gen. McChrystal’s Afghan ‘properly resourced’ strategy
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Sept. 22, 2009) — In a letter to the President, House Armed Services Committee Chairman Ike Skelton (D-Mo.) expressed support for the Afghanistan counter-insurgency strategy endorsed by President Obama last March. Skelton urged the President to give this strategy, and Commanding General Stanley McChrystal’s counter-insurgency campaign plan, the resources and time required to show success in Afghanistan. Some of Skelton’s points include: • “I am convinced that there is no strategy short of a properly-resourced counter-insurgency campaign that is likely to provide lasting security. But, time is not on our side. Coming from Harry Truman country, I ask myself, ‘What would Harry Truman do?’ And this leads me to urge you to waste no time in providing a clear direction to our commanders and civilian leaders, along with the resources necessary to achieve their mission—and to do so with an understanding that the American and Afghan people, as well as our allies, must see progress in the next 12 months.” • “The last administration allowed itself to be distracted from the fight forced on us in Afghanistan by the fight it chose in Iraq. I believe that this was a strategic mistake, robbing the war in Afghanistan of the necessary resources and resulting in an approach of ‘half-ass it and hope.’ We cannot afford to continue that policy.” Click here to read more on Pulaski County Daily News ...

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Skelton endorses Gen. McChrystal’s Afghan ‘properly resourced’ strategy