Time magazine cover - What happens when we leave

[classicman]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

The timetable was set on McCrystal's claims of what he could do, in what time frame, with more men. That may be moot, now.

First off, the amount of men he asked for was not what he got.

I'm wondering about McCrystal's claims. Was he full of crap and just told them what they wanted to hear at the time? I find that hard to believe, given his history, but in light of what happened more recently - that whole episode did provide him an immediate "out".

[piercehawkeye45]

Originally Posted by classicman

I'm wondering about McCrystal's claims. Was he full of crap and just told them what they wanted to hear at the time? I find that hard to believe, given his history, but in light of what happened more recently - that whole episode did provide him an immediate "out".

Things also don't always go as expected. I'm assuming much of what went into McCrystal's claims was the experience in Iraq. Afghanistan is much different, and from what I believe I remember, the similar counterinsurgency strategies of Iraq and Afghanistan are producing different results.