Amidst the fiery debate over the new strategy to take place in Afghanistan, Sen. John McCain has proposed a new amendment attached to the defense spending bill. The Requirements that Senator McCain are seeking out is for Gen. McChrystal, and Head of Central Command Gen. Petraeus to testify in front of Congress. This didn't take place without any backlash, Carl Levin; who is on the Senate Armed Services Committee with McCain. Levin feels that there isn't any need at this time for Gen. McChrystal to provide testimony, because President Obama hasn't established a direct plan for Afghanistan at the moment. Despite the damning statements Gen. McChrystal made regarding to President Obama, that he had only spoke to the president once since becoming the lead Afghanistan General. Mr. Obama is set to reestablish a strategy with top officials including Gen. McChrystal. My questions to you all consists of this. Do you think that the war in Afghanistan is capable of winning? If so, will it just be a police state with roughly 50,000 troops present at all times? (politicalpluralism.com)
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The Guns of November
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So the bleak bottom line is this: barring a loss of nerve or political will by Israel--in other words, if the U.S. ally lets slide its long-established "red line" against permitting any nuclear rival to arise in the Mideast--things seem headed toward a war. It could happen as early as the fall, after the U.S. presidential election. In fact, right now there may be only one way left to stop hostilities: a direct diplomatic overture from Washington to Tehran. Iran has long made clear it wants what any sensible government wants: to negotiate with the power that has the ability to threaten it (the United States), as opposed to dickering with proxy powers that don't (the Europeans). It's time to stop playing around with pretend diplomacy. Just as JFK once did, the president must act decisively, approach Tehran on its own and put everything on the table. Otherwise we may be facing the Guns of November.
Editor's note: The photo that originally accompanied this story, showing missiles being fired, had been digitally altered by Iranian authorities before they released it to the media; the fourth missile (second from right) was added.
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