Petraeus: Patience needed in Afghanistan

[unhappycamper]

Petraeus: Patience needed in Afghanistan
By Jim Michaels - USA Today
Posted : Monday Dec 7, 2009 11:31:16 EST

Gen. David Petraeus, who commands U.S. forces in the Middle East, said he does not expect progress in Afghanistan to mirror the quick and dramatic results achieved under the troop surge in Iraq in 2007.

Petraeus, who commanded U.S. forces in Iraq in 2007, said the Afghanistan plan will focus on selected regions and proceed in phases.

“This will be a step-by-step operational campaign,” Petraeus told USA Today. “There will at times be increases in violence, undoubtedly, as the Taliban fight back to try to hang on to a particular safe haven and sanctuary.”

Petraeus led the largely successful surge in Iraq, where a change in tactics backed by an influx of about 30,000 additional U.S. service members seized the initiative from insurgents.

In Iraq, there was an initial spike in violence in early 2007, but by the time Petraeus returned to Washington that September to testify to Congress, he could point to dramatic progress.


Rest of article at: http://www.armytimes.com/news/2009/12/gns_afghanistan_surge_petraeus_120709/

[AndyA]

1. Patience...it's been how many years?

Will the children who were born the same year the war in Afghanistan was started be young adults before this thing is over?

How many more lives? How much more money are we going to throw at this?

Tax the wealthy who have benefited most from this war. Do it now, and see how fast it ends.

[zbdent]

2. hmm ... more "bias" ... "largely successful" ...

but when a Dem is doing it, the focus is often on the failures, however many they may be ...