Obama Zeroes In on Afghanistan
On Sunday's "Face the Nation," President Obama did his best to convince CBS' Bob Schieffer, and by extension the American people, that he knows what he's doing in escalating U.S. military operations in Afghanistan -- and that this won't be his Vietnam.
On Sunday’s “Face the Nation,” President Obama did his best to convince CBS’ Bob Schieffer, and by extension the American people, that he knows what he’s doing in escalating U.S. military operations in Afghanistan — and that this won’t be his Vietnam.
Los Angeles Times:
Obama framed the escalation of military activity in Afghanistan and aid for Pakistan that he announced Friday as part of an effort to regain focus on defeating or neutralizing Al Qaeda, which was dislodged from enclaves in Afghanistan after the U.S.-led invasion in late 2001.
“We have to ensure that neither Afghanistan nor Pakistan can serve as a safe haven for Al Qaeda. And, unfortunately, over the last several years what we’ve seen is — essentially — Al Qaeda moving several miles from Afghanistan to Pakistan but effectively still able to project their violence and hateful ideologies around the world,” Obama said in an interview with Bob Schieffer on CBS’ “Face the Nation.”
Watch a clip from Sunday’s “Face the Nation” below:
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