Down1
9th May 2012, 03:51 PM
See all is well.
We just have to stay the course.
All NATO nations should do whatever The Emperor asks them to do in Chicago this month.
Two of the most powerful American officials in Afghanistan have insisted that the Taliban are in retreat with its leadership divided, contradicting claims by senior figures in Washington that the insurgency has actually grown stronger since Barack Obama authorised the surge of forces two years ago.
The remarkably confident assessment by the two officials – General John Allen, the head of international forces in the country, and the US ambassador, Ryan Crocker – comes weeks ahead of a crucial summit in Chicago to set up the blueprint for Nato's exit path from the long and costly war and organise a support system for Afghanistan after the 2014 withdrawal.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/the-taliban-are-divided-and-in-retreat-insist-top-us-officials-7723290.html
We just have to stay the course.
All NATO nations should do whatever The Emperor asks them to do in Chicago this month.
Two of the most powerful American officials in Afghanistan have insisted that the Taliban are in retreat with its leadership divided, contradicting claims by senior figures in Washington that the insurgency has actually grown stronger since Barack Obama authorised the surge of forces two years ago.
The remarkably confident assessment by the two officials – General John Allen, the head of international forces in the country, and the US ambassador, Ryan Crocker – comes weeks ahead of a crucial summit in Chicago to set up the blueprint for Nato's exit path from the long and costly war and organise a support system for Afghanistan after the 2014 withdrawal.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/the-taliban-are-divided-and-in-retreat-insist-top-us-officials-7723290.html