The Questions That Should Have Been Asked To General McChrystal

US Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal, commander of the International Security Assistance Force and commander of United States Forces Afghanistan, speaks at a House Armed Services Committee hearing on the war in Afghanistan, at the US Capitol in Washington. Photo by Reuters

Questions No One Wants to Ask Gen. McChrystal -- Townhall

Gen. Stanley McChrystal's long-awaited testimony before Congress on the Afghanistan "surge" was, according to one account, "uneventful." The general himself, another story noted, was "a study in circumspection." And questioning from lawmakers was, said a third, "gentle."

That's a nice word for it. "Ineffectual" is more like it. Throw in "callous," too, given House members' obligations to constituents in the war zone, operating under what are surely the most restrictive rules of engagement (ROE) in U.S. history.

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My Comment: Indeed .... the questions that should have been asked were not. Neptunus Lex sums it up perfectly in the following post .... Re-leashing the Dogs of War.

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