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Once the coalition has adopted its new strategy, the general adds, we must "signal unwavering commitment to see it through to success. "

McChrystal had been in London for a speech and was directed to meet with the president in Copenhagen.

Gen. Stanley McChrystal told reporters at the Pentagon that the jamming devices had not hurt U. S. troops on the battlefield thus far.

Mr Obama is said to be furious, and General McChrystal's job may be on the line as a result of his insubordination.

McCain said he wants to see McChrystal use the same aggressive approach employed during the troop surge in Iraq.

The top US Commander in Afghanistan, General Stanley McChrystal, has said the security situation there is no longer deteriorating.

General McChrystal was one of the relatively few American officials to develop a good relationship with Afghan President Hamid Karzai.

One unnamed McChrystal advisor described a meeting between the general and Mr. Obama at the Oval office as a "ten-minute photo op" .

The meeting was to include a discussion via video conference with McChrystal, whose grim assessment of the war was leaked last month.

So it may have been the timing of the McChrystal affair that made him feel he had to insist on the resignation of the egregious general.

McChrystal and his staff said they did not leak the report, which was sent to the Pentagon, but it angered the White House nonetheless.

Stanley McChrystal, then the commander of American forces in Afghanistan, soon fretted that the place had become his "bleeding ulcer" .

Nothing could cheer the Taliban more than seeing General McChrystal out on his ear.

General McChrystal noted as much in January, when he issued a new directive to avoid needless casualties and heavy-handed intrusions.

If General McChrystal's plan is to be given a fair trial, the promised American withdrawal will therefore have to be remarkably gradual.

Gen McChrystal has said he needs at least 40, 000 extra troops.

General McChrystal sees counter-insurgency as an "argument" between the Taliban and the Afghan government, backed by the West.

Before launching an airborne assault there in February, General McChrystal earmarked it as a testing-ground for his strategy.

General McChrystal's blunder was to put too much trust in Rolling Stone.

As Gen. [Stanley] McChrystal said, "The situation is serious, but the mission is doable. "

The move comes after McChrystal apologized on Monday for comments he and his staff made to the popular U. S. -based magazine Rolling Stone.

General McChrystal lost his job over comments made to and in the presence of a reporter from Rolling Stone magazine.

From Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal on down, the military's position is clear: "U. S. forces no longer eradicate, " as one NATO official put it.

With astounding insolence Gen. McChrystal began to conduct a public lobbying campaign for his appeal for 40, 000 more troops.

Both men chided General McChrystal when he looked in danger of taking his quarrel with Mr Obama public.

General McChrystal, a special-forces veteran, is emphatic it would not work.

Gen McChrystal's counter-insurgency strategy no doubt reaped dividends such as reducing casualties and winning hearts and minds.

General McChrystal says that the core of his strategy is its first stage: to regain the initiative.

Mr. Obama said his acceptance of Gen. McChrystal's resignation didn't reflect a disagreement about strategy or any sense of personal insult.

The article portrays Gen. McChrystal and his staff as rogues with little regard for the Washington chain of command, including Mr. Obama.

No one would disagree that the teams have potential as part of Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal's counterinsurgency campaign.

The president asked McChrystal to provide an assessment of the current situation and forecast what is needed to accomplish his strategy.

The American overall commander, General Stanley McChrystal, has urged his troops to minimise civilian deaths, even at risk to themselves.

Gen. Stanley McChrystal, who led JSOC at the height of the Iraq war, became the top commander in Afghanistan.

As difficult as it is to lose Gen. McChrystal, I believe it is the right decision for our national security.

But it also needs leaders, like Gen McChrystal, whose primary role is as a commander of soldiers.

One senior figure describes the McChrystal makeover as "a change in military culture" .

In May he fired General David McKiernan and sent a new man, General Stanley McChrystal, to command the American and coalition forces.

In addition, McChrystal has submitted a request through channels for additional U. S. military forces to be deployed to Afghanistan.

McChrystal personally apologized to Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai for those killings and ordered an investigation.

Then, classified cables sent from Kabul by Ambassador Karl Eikenberry and opposing McChrystal's analysis appeared in the Washington Post.

His revised strategy for Afghanistan soon became the McChrystal plan or, even more grandiosely, the "McChrystal doctrine" .

He let Mr Gates replace the stolid General David McKiernan in Afghanistan with the piratical master of black ops, Stanley McChrystal.

Stanley McChrystal, the man Gates named in May to be top general in Afghanistan, has asked for more troops.

According to a NATO release, General McChrystal writes that "the situation in Afghanistan is serious, but success is achievable. "

"Resources will not win this war, but under-resourcing could lose it, " says General McChrystal's report.

General McChrystal thinks a big reinforcement would send a strong signal of America's commitment.

In June, Obama named Army General Stanley McChrystal to command U. S. and NATO-led forces in Afghanistan and implement his strategy.

General McChrystal gets two PowerPoint briefings in Kabul per day, plus three more during the week.

General McChrystal knows more than anyone the strengths and weaknesses of counter-terrorism.

He is expected to take up his post as Nato commander in Afghanistan following the dramatic departure of Gen Stanley McChrystal last week.

General McChrystal's tiny headquarters in Kabul took on a very different feel.

The biggest change under General McChrystal is the instruction to reduce civilian casualties.

But he says McChrystal can ask for more troops if he thinks he needs them.

McChrystal ignored the importance of preserving the authority and credibility of the commander in chief, President Obama.

The Americans did get serious in 2009 with a new commander, Stanley McChrystal, and two troop surges.

But Secretary Gates says he expects a balanced assessment from General McChrystal.

McChrystal is no war hero, like McArthur.

Maj. Gen. Stanley McChrystal of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said forces had moved 150 miles into Iraqi territory.

General McChrystal's speech, like his Afghan wells, had unexpected results.

General McChrystal knows he has little time to turn things around.

Yesterday my colleague wrote that Afghanistan was General McChrystal's war; now it is General Petraeus's.

General McChrystal himself now calls Marja a "bleeding ulcer" .

But the big flaw in the McChrystal plan, it is generally acknowledged, is the Afghan government.

McChrystal says an investigation will find out what went wrong, so it will never happen again.

Vice President Joe Biden, who favored a far more limited approach in Afghanistan than the one McChrystal advocated.

General McChrystal's reaction to the article has been swift and contrite.

Senior military officers fear he is second-guessing and undermining Gen McChrystal, whom he has met only twice.

Our new commander in Afghanistan -- General McChrystal -- has reported that the security situation is more serious than he anticipated.

NATO will also study the McChrystal report, NATO spokesman James Appathurai said August 31 in Brussels.

McChrystal, calls for sending 40, 000 additional U. S. troops to the rugged landlocked country.

This is exactly why a team as elite and professional as Gen McChrystal's should have known better.

The leaked McChrystal plan argues both that we must and that we can, and that a more modest effort "will likely result in failure. "

Strategy or Alibi? Obama, McChrystal and the Operational Level of War by Hew Strachan