More Endless Bush: Brownie, you did a heck of a job, but NATO allies, you let us down, Stretch...

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Bush: NATO allies let U.S. down
Former President George W. Bush defended his administration's handling of the Afghan war in an interview with CNN's Candy Crowley. FULL STORY



http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/11/14/bush.interview/index.html?hpt=C2

(CNN) -- Former President George W. Bush defended his administration's handling of the war in Afghanistan on Sunday, telling CNN that some NATO allies who contributed troops to the conflict "turned out not to be willing to fight."

In an interview with CNN's Candy Crowley, Bush strongly refuted criticism that his administration took its "eye off the ball" in Afghanistan when he ordered troops to invade Iraq. He said he ordered American forces to overthrow Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein with the assumption that allied forces would help make up the difference in Afghanistan.

"What happened in Afghanistan was that our NATO allies, some of them, turned out not to be willing to fight," Bush said. "Therefore, our assumption that we had ample troops -- U.S. and NATO troops -- turned out to be a not-true assumption. So we adjusted."

The former president didn't name any countries specifically from NATO, which includes 28 nations in Europe and North America. Some 785 military personnel from NATO countries besides the United States have been killed in Afghanistan since hostilities began in October 2001, with the United Kingdom, Canada and France having the most fatalities.

[polly7]

1. NATO allies let him down???

'Not willing to fight' ........ I dare him to come up here and say that to my friend's nephew, who died in Kandahar very early on 'fighting'. I despise this man more every day, I didn't think it was possible.


Canada in Kandahar: No Peace to Keep - A Case Study of the Military Coalitions in Southern Afghanistan


Canadian troops are paying with their lives for Canada’s adherence to the US government’s failing military and counter-narcotics policies in the Kandahar province of Afghanistan said ICOS, an international security and development think tank. ICOS warned in a Report released today that the US-led counter-terrorist operations under Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) and aggressive large-scale crop eradication have significantly contributed to the current war situation that is flaring-up in Kandahar and the other southern provinces.


Download report: Canada in Kandahar: No Peace to Keep - A Case Study of the Military Coalitions in Southern Afghanistan Press release: Following US policies is turning Canadian military operation in Afghanistan into a suicide mission.

http://www.icosgroup.net/modules/reports/Kandahar_Report

http://www.icosgroup.net/modules/reports/Kandahar_Report/press_release

[w8liftinglady]

3. I am so sorry about your nephew...and yes,these people have no soul...but they DO have a clue

they just don't care.

About your kids,our kids,the country's kids...as long as THEIR kids don't have to pay a price.

An American tradition,dontcha know?

[ixion]

2. Poor chimpy... always let down by others not wanting to drink his Kool-Aid

may he rot in hell.