President Obama: Bush Administration Lost 'Focus' in Afghanistan

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Mar 29, 2009

President Barack Obama said his predecessor's administration had lost its "focus" in the war in Afghanistan, forcing a revamping of the strategy that is aimed narrowly at defeating the terrorists who make their base of operations there and in Pakistan.

Speaking on CBS's "Face the Nation" on the eve of his first overseas trip, Obama said that the increase in troops he has approved is in service to that newly focused mission.

"The focus over the last seven years, I think, has been lost," he told host Bob Schieffer. "We have to ensure that neither Afghanistan nor Pakistan can serve as a safe haven for al-Qaeda."

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"What is our purpose in Afghanistan? After so many years, they ask, why do our men and women still fight and die there? They deserve a straightforward answer . . . let me be clear: al Qaeda and its allies - the terrorists who planned and supported the 9/11 attacks - are in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Multiple intelligence estimates have warned that al Qaeda is actively planning attacks on the U.S. homeland from its safe-haven in Pakistan. And if the Afghan government falls to the Taliban - or allows al Qaeda to go unchallenged - that country will again be a base for terrorists who want to kill as many of our people as they possibly can." --President Obama announcing his Afghan plan

[azul]

1. VietNam here we come again. Focus focus focus.

WP has shot itself in the ass and has lost credibility. That is why it is losing readership and thus advertising: defuncto.

[stillcool]

2. that's right..

where are the pipelines?