Under all three, Kimmitt said, McChrystal believes that he can do the job. On the other hand, if he doesn't get the low option, probably something like an additional 15,000 troops, the general might consider quitting. Full Story »
Posted by Randy Morrow - via The Nation
So far, in a sign that the White House isn’t playing patsy for the military, the administration has resisted bringing McChrystal back to Washington to testify, Petraeus-style, before Congress. As we exit, we’ll have to leave that country to the tender mercies of its warlord-ridden, tribal based fiefdoms, including the pro-Taliban ones, and let them fight it out.
The title is a bit misleading as only one source suggests that McChrystal might (under one scenario) quit--the rest of the article is opinions about where Obama's Afghanistan strategy might go.