Posted on 09/18/2009 9:51:13 AM PDT by Palin Republic
"We can't be everywhere... we've... got to focus on achievable objectives," he told the BBC's Security Correspondent Frank Gardner.
"I think security where we know the population is living, freedom of movement on the key highways – that means the Afghan economy can start to kick-start itself, and that people can begin to take a stake in their community – is the way in which we will achieve success."
His comments follow those of a series of senior military leaders in both the UK and the US.
This week, the new head of the British Army, General Sir David Richards, said that Afghans were losing patience with Nato’s “failure” to deliver progress in the battle with the Taliban.
He also warned that defeat for allied forces in Afghanistan would have an "intoxicating impact" on extremists around the world.
At the same time, US Central Command chief General David Petraeus warned in a lecture that the campaign in Afghanistan would require a “sustained, substantial, commitment”.
He admitted that the Taliban had “without question” increased its strength in the country, adding bleakly that "everything in Afghanistan is hard".
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
I think what he means to say is “Obama’s not on our side.”
mee too...obama just said he was going to take his time to make decision about troops .
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