The new American commander in Afghanistan, Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, right, in Kabul, the country’s capital, on Monday. General McChrystal has ordered a review of the military mission. Omar Sobhani/ReutersFrom The Danger Room:
Top American and International Security Assistance Force commander General Stanley McChrystal is getting set to testify before the Senate and the House this week. Here are some of the questions we’d ask, if we were Congresscritters. Tack on your own questions in the comments.
* You’ve said the primary mission of ISAF forces should be to secure the population. So why are 9,000 of the 30,000 surge troops headed to largely rural Helmand province? Why are Marines now assaulting the largely abandoned city of Now Zad?
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My Comment: My bet is that most of the questions that will be asked will be on the draw-down date .... and how rigid is the Administration and the military on that date.