October 3, 2008

Our man in Afghanistan


....General David D. McKiernan

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

One who let his own Osama bin Laden go uncaught, too.

Emily said...

And was given several goes of it, too. On the flip side, when he ran for president, he wanted to end the war unconditionally. So, uh, I guess there goes that comparison.

Anonymous said...

Ah, I see she also made a foreign policy antipodal: ignore ground commander Whatsisname's recommendations, and abide by ground commander Whatsisname's recommendations.

illusory tenant said...

The one is a tactic, the other a strategy.

Anonymous said...

Your smartypants smartassery only serves to expose your elitist exceptionalism.