Public beheadings in Afghanistan are usually associated with the Taliban, but on Monday it was Defense Secretary Robert Gates metaphorically wielding the axe from the Pentagon platform. Gates announced that he had asked for and requested the resignation of his top commander in Afghanistan, Army General David McKiernan, after only 11 months in that theater. The 37-year veteran will be replaced by Army Lieutenant General Stanley McChrystal
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Obama’s Yes-We-Can War: 17,000 More Troops to Afghanistan
Afghanistan became President Obama’s war on Tuesday, when he ordered two more U.S. combat brigades into the fight