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 Petraeus Claims Cautious Progress in AfghanistanPosted on Aug 23, 2010
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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By Steve E, August 24, 2010 at 12:17 pm Link to this comment
Did anybody expect anything different from this corporate military stooge clown?
Report thisBy Hammond Eggs, August 24, 2010 at 9:19 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.
Report thisBy eir, August 23, 2010 at 8:06 pm Link to this comment
I believe they used to refer to this as “Light at the End of the Tunnel.”
Report thisBy gerard, August 23, 2010 at 4:58 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?
Report thisBy diamond, August 23, 2010 at 2:35 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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