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Showing posts with label Holbrooke. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Holbrooke. Show all posts

Thursday, August 13, 2009

Obama Facing Rising Anxiety on Afghanistan

Good job, Mr. Attackerman.


See also:
McChrystal Considers Abandoning Remote U.S. Troop Outposts

Again, as stated countless times on here, Pakistan's military doesn't really care about fighting the Taliban, especially when they view us as temporary allies. They want to fight the 300,000 Indian troops garrisoned in Kashmir.

Bad Answer, Mr. Holbrooke...

“The specific goal of the United States is really hard for me to address in specific terms,” Richard C. Holbrooke told a forum at the liberal Center for American Progress. “But I would say this about defining success in Afghanistan and Pakistan. . . . We’ll know it when we see it.”