http://marctyrrell.com/2009/10/07/more-on-the-hts-2/ Being in the main the musings of a Symbolic Anthropologist Tue, 13 Jul 2010 17:09:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://marctyrrell.com/2009/10/07/more-on-the-hts-2/comment-page-1/#comment-13517 Maximilian Forte Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:53:18 +0000 http://marctyrrell.com/?p=315#comment-13517 My guess is that very few in HTS will actually be worried about this assessment. Congress has already indicated its support for the program; the testimony they have had thus far has been from HTS officials and supporters; and, it's Robert Gates who is to report back on this, and he has already abundantly supported HTS of course. At a time when congressional leaders say they will support Obama's decisions no matter what, there would need to be a total turn against the war in Afghanistan right from the top for Congress to maybe start looking at this more critically. Even so, HTS is not restricted to Afghanistan, so I am not sure that even an anti-war shift regarding Afghanistan would matter. Anyway, as I said, this is a guess, from an outsider. My guess is that very few in HTS will actually be worried about this assessment. Congress has already indicated its support for the program; the testimony they have had thus far has been from HTS officials and supporters; and, it’s Robert Gates who is to report back on this, and he has already abundantly supported HTS of course. At a time when congressional leaders say they will support Obama’s decisions no matter what, there would need to be a total turn against the war in Afghanistan right from the top for Congress to maybe start looking at this more critically. Even so, HTS is not restricted to Afghanistan, so I am not sure that even an anti-war shift regarding Afghanistan would matter. Anyway, as I said, this is a guess, from an outsider.

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