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Q & A with Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal

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07.28.2009 at 11:08am

Q & A with Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal – Julian E. Barnes, Los Angeles Times.

You have said that in Afghanistan protecting the population is the top priority. What does that mean you stop doing?

It means we put as much of our effort as we can to establish security for the population and we stay there so those other critical parts, governance and development, can happen.

Obviously everything comes at a cost. So it means we don’t have as many forces to maneuver in the country. So we have to rigorously prioritize and then some things come later.

Read the entire Q & A at The Los Angeles Times.

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