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Petraeus Claims Cautious Progress in Afghanistan

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Posted on Aug 23, 2010
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Having assumed the position of the top commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, Gen. David Petraeus offers his guarded assessment of the status of the war in Afghanistan in this BBC interview, and he apparently believes that inroads have been made against the Taliban in key areas of the country.  —KA

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The commander of Nato forces in Afghanistan says the momentum built up by the Taliban has been reversed in the south of the country and capital Kabul.

General David Petraeus said it was important to destroy the safe havens of Taliban.

He also said he would offer President Obama his best professional advice on the wisdom of handing control to Afghan forces next July.

It was the president’s prerogative to accept or reject that advice, he added.

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By Steve E, August 24, 2010 at 1:17 pm Link to this comment

Did anybody expect anything different from this corporate military stooge clown?

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By Hammond Eggs, August 24, 2010 at 10:19 am Link to this comment

Posted on Aug 23, 2047

Having assumed the position of the top commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, Gen. David Petraeus II offers his guarded assessment of the status of the war in Afghanistan.

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By eir, August 23, 2010 at 9:06 pm Link to this comment

I believe they used to refer to this as “Light at the End of the Tunnel.”

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By gerard, August 23, 2010 at 5:58 pm Link to this comment

What a stupid no-good story.  “Did he care about the casualties,” (John Simpson) asked. !!!
  He’s going to say no???  Duh!

What is the purpose of a content-less story like this?  Is the significance in the fact that, contrary to impressions of administrative inadequacy cast by McChrystal for Rolling Stone, Petraeus, hearing the buzz that the Pentagon is taking the war out of Obama’s hands, is eager to reassure us that there is no such intention at the Pentagon and that we are all perfectly safe from a military dictatorship?

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By diamond, August 23, 2010 at 3:35 pm Link to this comment

Earth to Petraeus. Afghanistan is not Iraq and Iraq is not Germany and this is not the forties. The war in Afghanistan is not a just war and has no legality. The war in Iraq, ditto. He can spruik his weasel words as much as he likes but the facts always come back to bite you in the end.

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