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Ex-US commander McChrystal calls for reviving draft
WASHINGTON — The former US commander in Afghanistan, Stanley McChrystal, has urged that the draft be reinstated to spread the burden of fighting and to instill a sense of shared civic duty among young Americans. The country’s all-volunteer force has performed with great skill but after more than a decade…
Report: McChrystal probe of US Spec Ops killings excluded key eyewitnesses
By Gareth Porter and Ahmad Walid Fazly* WASHINGTON, Jul 6, 2010 (IPS) – The follow-up investigation of a botched Special Operations Forces (SOF) raid in Gardez Feb. 12 that killed two government officials and three women, ordered by Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal Apr. 5, was ostensibly aimed at reconciling divergent…
Analysis: Switch to Petraeus betrays Afghan policy crisis
WASHINGTON — Despite President Barack Obama’s denial that his decision to fire Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal as commander in Afghanistan and replace him with Gen. David Petraeus signified any differences with McChrystal over war strategy, the decision obviously reflects a desire by Obama to find a way out of a…
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