
In his Rose Garden speech on Wednesday that General McChrystal said the president with a strategy based on a difference "has not decided to make moves, and the appointment of the highly praised Petraeus" allows us to maintain the momentum and leadership that we will need to succeed. "Obama's biggest problem right now is a wave of doubt, not only stressful McChrystal clearly made, but throughout the military and national security apparatus that is not the actual speed or that the policy is to work in Afghanistan. Mint in the local population and winning hearts and minds of the guerrillas and terrorists in this case (anchoring is doing to help them based on the view, the Taliban). But informed critics say that the number in Afghanistan, as many factors for success are missing, especially reliability, a large enough power for its size with a central government and a local (power Afghan army and police) to turn things to stop. , Says Coin, a military researcher, who participated in debates in the Pentagon one critic, "briefs in DC very well, but you can not operate in Afghanistan," but only on condition of anonymity to talk to avoid the fate McChrystal.
