11:17PM
They say we'll persevere
Sunday, December 13, 2009 at 11:17PM ARTICLE: Similarities to Iraq Surge Plan Mask Risks in Afghanistan, By DAVID E. SANGER, New York Times, December 4, 2009
Nice overview of similarities and differences between Iraq and Afghanistan surges.
Key bit at end:
In the next few weeks, members of the Obama war cabinet are expected to show up in Islamabad and Kabul with one message: We're not leaving. Really.
So no repeat of 1989, we are told.
Reader Comments (1)
"The United States is not going to make Afghanistan a "Protectorate" . . unquote . .
He has stated more than once that we will leave Afghanistan as soon as the Afghan Army and Police can maintain security within it's borders . . That being a decision the Administration will make, not the natives of Afghanistan.
If I'm getting mixed messages, then what of those in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Kasmir, and other nations in the area that are or will be threatened by the Taliban . . ? Remembering, of course, that the Taliban is not so much a people, as an idea . . which, as far as we know, existed far before the advent of Islam . . Islam just gave it a name . .