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Sunday, August 8, 2010

Afghanistan Is a Graveyard of Reputations Too

Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates, left, awards Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal, former commander of the International Security Assistance Force and U.S. Forces Afghanistan, with the Distinguished Service Medal as McChrystal's wife Annie looks on during his retirement ceremony at Fort McNair in Washington, D.C., July 23, 2010.
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Article by WorldNews.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. "Thirteen thousand men we had been, When our outset from Kabul was seen-Now soldiers, leaders, women and bairn, They are betrayed, and frozen and slain." --Theodor Fontane in the ballad: "The Tragedy ofAfghanistan" When General Stanley McChrystal's farewell to the Army started with confessing...

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