"Military situation in Afghanistan will get worse, Petraeus says; Sees need for US to adapt strategy" by Brian MacQuarrie, Globe Staff | April 22, 2009
CAMBRIDGE -
General David Petraeus told a forum at the John F. Kennedy School of Government:
"I think we know why we went to Afghanistan. There is actually no debate about where the 9/11 attackers came from."
Unless he's referring to Tel Aviv, Washington, or London, I no longer want to hear it.
In addition to Afghanistan, Petraeus voiced concerns about instability in neighboring Pakistan, a nuclear-armed state under increasing attack from internal Islamic extremists. Pakistan's leaders need to realize that their biggest threat is from those militants and not from India, their traditional archenemy.
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"It's an intellectually dislocating idea for the institutions of Pakistan," said Petraeus, referring to the country's military and political establishment. The terrorist attack on Mumbai, in which more than 160 people were killed last November by a Pakistan-based extremist group, "was a big setback," he said.
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