"The top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan warns in an urgent, confidential assessment of the war that he needs more forces within the next year and bluntly states that without them, the eight-year conflict "will likely result in failure," according to a copy of the 66-page document (leaked copy) obtained by The Washington Post.........
....he repeatedly warns that without more forces and the rapid implementation of a genuine counterinsurgency strategy, defeat is likely. McChrystal describes an Afghan government riddled with corruption and an international force undermined by tactics that alienate civilians.
He provides extensive new details about the Taliban insurgency, which he calls a muscular and sophisticated enemy that uses modern propaganda and systematically reaches into Afghanistan's prisons to recruit members and even plan operations......."
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Zbigniew Brzezinski is shocked, SHOCKED, that a superpower's army is being defeated by Afghan guerrillas.
No one could have predicted...
Afghans are quite willing to fight for the Taliban, just not willing to fight for the corrupt governement of Hamid Karzai. Perhaps McChrystal can ask just what the conservatives led by GWB did with the 7 years they had to train an Afghan army?
I don’t know, can he say no to General McChrystal? If he needs to say no, I hope he does, but if he says yes, I hope he does what he needs to for the continued protection of our country and the USA.
President obama know what to do????/
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