2-star sees slow win in Afghanistan

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2-star sees slow win in Afghanistan
By Robert Burns - The Associated Press
Posted : Friday Sep 5, 2008 13:23:30 EDT

WASHINGTON — U.S.-led forces are achieving a “slow win” in Afghanistan, but the less-than-decisive approach must be accelerated soon, a key American commander there said Friday.

Army Maj. Gen. Jeffrey J. Schloesser, in a videoteleconference with reporters at the Pentagon, said he remains hopeful that the Bush administration will send him more combat troops and other resources by winter.

He mentioned that Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has said the U.S. effort in Afghanistan is by necessity an “economy of force” mission, meaning it is under-resourced because the war in Iraq is considered a higher and more urgent national security priority.

“We need to get away from that, over time,” to make a stronger push in Afghanistan, Schloesser said.

The current approach, he said, is producing progress but not at a rate that he considers satisfactory.


Rest of article at: http://www.armytimes.com/news/2008/09/ap_slowwin_090508/%2e



uhc comment: Another occupation gone awry.