From FOX News:
The Wall Street Journal paraphrased Gen. Stanley McChrystal as saying the Taliban has gained the upper hand. The article was titled, "Taliban Now Winning," though McChrystal was not explicitly quoted saying those words in the story.
The Pentagon pushed back hard Monday against an article that suggested the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan believes the Taliban is winning.
The Wall Street Journal article paraphrased Gen. Stanley McChrystal as saying the Taliban has gained the upper hand. The article was titled, "Taliban Now Winning," though McChrystal was not explicitly quoted saying those words in the story.
Pentagon spokesmen called the interpretation of McChrystal's remarks "inaccurate" and "disappointing."
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My Comment: The Pentagon is in damage control. As a soldier fighting in Afghanistan, or a family member with a love one fighting in Afghanistan .... you do not want to hear your top commander saying that the enemy is winning.
The Pentagon Press office has been using General McChrystal's interview with USA Today as more reflective of his mindset on where we are in the war in Afghanistan ....
"I wouldn't say we are winning or losing or stalemated," McChrystal told USA Today. The U.S. commander said in that interview that the insurgency has "momentum" which coalition forces are working to reverse.
Hmmmmm .... if you are not winning a counter-insurgency war .... you are losing it. And it is clear that Gen. McChrystal is saying that we are not winning.