Devastating Pentagon Report, Afghan Army Rife With Corruption, Incompetence

[G_j]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/12/30/afghan-army-rife-with-cor_n_407027.html

Afghan Army Rife With Corruption, Incompetence, U.S. Military Report Says (VIDEO)


First Posted: 12-30-09 10:07 AM | Updated: 12-30-09 10:15 AM

On the "Rachel Maddow Show" Tuesday night, NBC's chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel discussed a new Pentagon report that paints a sobering picture of the state of Afghan's security forces. The report, intended for military commanders and not for public distribution, concludes that Afghanistan's National Army is rife with corruption and incompetence, and that it will take far more than a year to rehabilitate the country's security forces.

"The main mission of the United States Army, all the different forces that are there, is to train the Afghan security forces so that American forces can ultimately leave," Engel said. "This report says that this priority is facing serious, serious problems, and the military knows it."

Engel goes on to say that the report would seem to call into question Obama's plan to begin "dialing back" the surge by the summer of 2011, given that it looks to be extremely unlikely that the Afghan security forces will "up and running and in place" by then.

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[FrenchieCat]

1. The report was "Independent" which means we don't know who generated it......

but it wasn't the military as far as I know....

It may be a set up via Dick Cheney and his moles,
via his little organization he had put together
that operated aside from the WH....
because NBC keeps referring to this report,
but keep forgetting to mention who generated it....
although the use of "independent" as the name of the
top secret "But lets give it to NBC who is owned by GE"
is the only name used.

I remember reports like this coming out during the Bush/Cheney years,
but those reports were always favorable to Bush/Cheney.

Do you know where this report came from; the name of the "think tank" to prepared it?
Because I think that someone is betting that no one will ask.

[flamin lib]

2. +1 nt

[G_j]

3. I found it to be a no-brainer: Afghan Army Rife With Corruption, Incompetence,

well yea...

:shrug:

[dkf]

4. Yup. No brainer.

Dont understand why anyone wants to knock the source.

[neverforget]

6. And if the Pentagon came out with a report that said they're doing great

would you believe that?

[Mari333]

5. doh!!

this is a scam, racket, etc etc etc

BRING THE TROOPS HOME FROM BOTH COUNTRIES AND GET THE HELL OUT OF THERE.