"We have reached the point where the senior military generals responsible for nuclear forces are advocating, more vocally, more vehemently, than our politicians, to get down to lower and lower weapons." -- General Eugene Habiger (Ret.), former head of U.S. nuclear forces, in 2000Not exactly the [...]
By Steve Hynd
In a new interview with German mag Der Spiegel out today, Obama's National Security Adviser, Gen. James L. Jones, is sounding skeptical about the McChrystal escalation request for extra troops in Afghanistan. He says, dismissively, that "generals always ask for more troops".
SPIEGEL: The Obama administration is reviewing [...]