http://themoderatevoice.com/54654/afghanistan-the-dithering-ends-the-soldiering-begins-follow-up/ An Internet hub with domestic and international news, analysis, original reporting, and popular features from the left, center, indies, centrists, moderates, and right Wed, 15 Feb 2012 17:47:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 http://themoderatevoice.com/54654/afghanistan-the-dithering-ends-the-soldiering-begins-follow-up/comment-page-1/#comment-234302 dduck12 Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:58:32 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/?p=54654#comment-234302 Can we drop the "dithering" already? Can we drop the “dithering” already?

]]> http://themoderatevoice.com/54654/afghanistan-the-dithering-ends-the-soldiering-begins-follow-up/comment-page-1/#comment-234297 Leonidas Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:12:57 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/?p=54654#comment-234297 Still Obama is sending numbers of troops between the medium and high risk numbers for this strategy, devised by McCrystal. I'd feel much better about it if he had opted to send at least the medium risk levels and not taken a Rumsfeldian risk. I'd be more optimistic if he had chosen a Powell/Shinseki type doctrine as far as the troop strength to enact this plan. Still Obama is sending numbers of troops between the medium and high risk numbers for this strategy, devised by McCrystal. I'd feel much better about it if he had opted to send at least the medium risk levels and not taken a Rumsfeldian risk. I'd be more optimistic if he had chosen a Powell/Shinseki type doctrine as far as the troop strength to enact this plan.

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