"51 percent of Americans now say the war is not worth fighting and only 24 percent support sending more troops"
Related: Americans Turn Against Afghan War
Mao knew that, and Mullen likely remembers what Vietnam did to this nation.
"Top officer offers a dire assessment on Afghanistan" by Bryan Bender, Globe Staff | August 26, 2009
The nation’s top military officer, in a deeply pessimistic assessment of the war in Afghanistan, said yesterday that due to years of neglect the United States is basically “starting over’’ in its battle against the radical Taliban movement and its Al Qaeda allies.
Starting over? STARTING OVER?
No, no, no, LET'S COME HOME!!!
Acknowledging that public support for the war is waning, Navy Admiral Mike Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said that the US operation needs “12 to 18 months to turn this thing around.’’
“It is doable, but it is going to take some time,’’ he said, urging Americans to be patient.
THEN can we come home?
And how come I have to be patient when other do not?
With the intense focus until recently on fighting the war in Iraq - where the United States plans to keep nearly twice as many troops as in Afghanistan until at least early next year - he said that the Taliban are far more potent than they were during the US invasion after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. The Taliban’s alliance with Osama bin Laden and other leaders of the Al Qaeda terrorist network, who he said are hiding in neighboring Pakistan’s lawless border region, is stronger than ever, he said.
Sigh. He cites the dead guy, huh?
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Beware of a False Flag Terror Event, America!
“This is the eighth year, but there is a newness here,’’ Mullen told the Globe yesterday in Boston. “There is a starting again, or starting over. Iraq has been the focus, it hasn’t been Afghanistan.’’
Please, American, please, stop this.
EIGHT YEARS for NOTHING except MASS-GRAVES, CHEMICAL and RADIATION POISONING, and TORTURE?
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Yes, AMERICANS are AWAKE NOW!!!!
I credit the Wall Street looting for doing it.
That was the straw that broke the camel's back.
President Obama, in a speech last week to the Veterans of Foreign Wars, conceded that the fighting has become more fierce but called Afghanistan “a war of necessity.’’
Okay, George, I mean, Obama.
Military commanders on the ground told Richard Holbrooke, the president’s special envoy, during the weekend that the force was not big enough to defeat the Taliban, particularly in southern and eastern Afghanistan.
That's when I added the DRAFT label to the post.
The United States currently has about 68,000 troops dedicated to the war in Afghanistan, including 21,000 additional forces ordered by Obama earlier this year who are still flowing into the country. Mullen, however, said he is awaiting a new assessment by the top commander in Afghanistan, Army General Stanley McChrystal, before making any recommendations on whether more US troops are needed to take on an increasingly emboldened Taliban.
Emboldened by the INSERTION of CIA ASSETS, AGENTS, and SQUADS!!!
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But Mullen indicated he believes that, at a minimum, more specialists will be needed to train the Afghan security forces....
Mullen.... has expressed deepening concern in recent days about the progress of the war in Afghanistan, calling the situation “serious and deteriorating.’’ Yet his comments to Globe reporters and editors suggested outright alarm that without the right combination of cooperation from the Afghan government and the Pakistani military and an even greater US commitment, the Taliban could seize control of Afghanistan again.
Maybe they should: Afghans Need Taliban Return
“It is much more capable and much more potent than it was back’’ in 2001, he said, when the radical Islamic movement was toppled by the United States and its allies for harboring Al Qaeda. “And it is much broader than it was back then, and much deeper.’’
Well, IF SOMETHING GOES BOOM here, America, you KNOW WHO IS BEING FINGERED right now!
Like Saddam's Baathists and "Al-CIA-Duh," I'm sure apostate Shiites of Iran will be linked to the boom-boom, too!!!!
He also said that the Taliban’s ties to Al Qaeda leaders have been strengthened as the United States has trained its attention on Iraq. “The Taliban is much closer to Al Qaeda than it used to be,’’ Mullen said. “They are much more affiliated with each other than they were a few years ago. Call it a federation.’’
Yeah, right: Taliban Morphs Into "Al-CIA-Duh"
He's really shoveling today, isn't he?
The US military, however, is behind the curve and struggling to retake control of the situation, Mullen said.
Really? Just had a great election I heard.
For one, the focus on Iraq has meant that there are too few American troops with experience in Afghanistan, requiring precious time for new units to get up to speed upon arriving in the country....
But Mullen dismissed calls by some specialists that the United States should immediately seek to negotiate with some elements of the Taliban who may be willing to put down their arms in exchange for a political stake in the Afghan government.
:-(
General David Petraeus, who is overseeing US forces in both Afghanistan and Iraq, in recent weeks has also suggested that negotiations with some members of the Taliban could help reduce violence in parts of Afghanistan.
I am ALWAYS for TALKING over KILLING!!!!!!!!
“I am one that believes that we need to negotiate . . . from a position of strength,’’ Mullen said. “We are not in a position of strength.’’
Translation; WE ARE LOSING BIG TIME, America!
HOW MUCH LONGER must YOUR SONS and DAUGHTERS, HUSBANDS and WIVES, and LOVED ONES be SACRIFICED for a LIE?
