"General tightens oversight on special forces" by New York Times | March 16, 2010
KABUL — General Stanley McChrystal, the top US commander in Afghanistan, has brought most US Special Operations forces under his direct control for the first time, out of concern over continued civilian casualties and disorganization among units in the field.
Oh, the ones we NEVER READ ABOUT here in the states?
“What happens is, sometimes at cross-purposes, you got one hand doing one thing and one hand doing the other, both trying to do the right thing but working without a good outcome,’’ McChrystal said.
I'm really NOT INTERESTED in EXCUSES anymore, General, and I've had it with the lies.
Critics, including Afghan officials, human rights workers, and some field commanders of conventional US forces, say that Special Operations forces have been responsible for a large number of the civilian casualties in Afghanistan and operate by their own rules....
