Petraeus: More than force needed in Afghanistan

[unhappycamper]

Petraeus: More than force needed in Afghanistan
By Kim Gamel - The Associated Press
Posted : Monday Sep 15, 2008 5:43:21 EDT

BAGHDAD — Gen. David Petraeus said Sunday that experience in Iraq shows it will take political and economic progress as well as military action to tackle increased violence in Afghanistan.

“You don’t kill or capture your way out of an industrial strength insurgency,” he told The Associated Press in a telephone interview.

His comments come as a debate over the need to redeploy troops from Iraq to Afghanistan has become a central issue in the U.S. presidential campaign.

Petraeus, who is widely credited with pulling Iraq back from the brink of civil war, is taking over as chief of U.S. Central Command, the headquarters overseeing U.S. military involvement throughout the Middle East, as well as Afghanistan and the rest of Central Asia.

He’ll hand over the reins in Iraq to Lt. Gen. Ray Odierno Tuesday during a ceremony at the U.S. military headquarters at Camp Victory on the western outskirts of Baghdad.


Rest of article at: http://www.armytimes.com/news/2008/09/ap_petraeus_afghanistan_091408/%2e

[Catch22Dem]

1. Hmmm, those sound like the words of a sensible individual

Do you think his meeting with Obama went well?

[unhappycamper]

2. I think his words are those of one ascared of the future.

He knows how Westmoreland is perceived.

He knows how Powell is (now) perceived.

He know these adventures have cost us over three trillion dollars.

He knows the military is seriously fucked up with gangs, drugs, suicides, PTSD, waivers and the Veterans Administration.

He knows there's a bunch of pissed of people calling for his head.

And he know bushCo is on its way out the door.