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hyperbola6 months, 2 weeks ago

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Well radio, when "left wingers" start complaining vociferously about Obama appointing the people responsible for much of this to command positions in Afghanistan, then our country will be making progress instead of just playing silly "political theater" games.

McChrystal Choice Suggests Death Squads in Afghanistan

...McChrystal’s nomination to become director of the Joint Staff at the Pentagon in May 2008 was held up for months while the Senate Armed Services Committee investigated a pattern of abuse of detainees by military personnel under his command. Sixty-four service personnel assigned or attached to Special Operations units were disciplined for detainee abuse between early 2004 and the end of 2007..... He was never held accountable for those abuses, supposedly because of the secrecy of the operation of JSOC.

Although he has been linked with detainee abuses and raids that kill numbers of civilians, McChrystal has not had any direct experience with the non-military elements of such a strategy.

The choice of McChrystal certainly appears to signal the administration’s readiness to continue Special Operations forces raids and airstrikes that are generating growing opposition by Afghans to the U.S. military presence.

http://www.propeller.com/story/2009/05/14/mcchryst...

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  epiphannyy6 months, 2 weeks ago
  
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  All the more reason for a full investigation and accountability. I'm beginning to lose hope that any real steps will be taken to address these abuses though. It's extremely disheartening.
  
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  NoWayMan6 months, 2 weeks ago
  
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  for the record, there's been plenty of complaining about McChrystal from the left. and the press has only minimally covered that situation.
  
  now back to radio's point...
  
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