A growing number of high profile failures have people in the Pentagon openly expressing doubts about the so-called “McChrystal Plan,” the latest in a long series of new strategy for the Afghan War. Now those doubts are being parroted in Congressional hearings on the war.
“I think we are all concerned,” said Rep. Davis (D – CA) of the conflict, the longest in American history, while others focused on the pending Kandahar offensive, which has been delayed indefinitely by local opposition.
The White House shrugged off the concerns, saying it “welcomes” the opportunity to explain and that “we anticipated that as we increased our resources in this effort, that it would be increasingly difficult as well.”
Yet the Obama Administration’s public face was starkly different over the past six months as it began its new strategy, trumpeting a mythical shift in momentum and predicting a decisive turnaround that would make it obvious that the war was being “won” by the end of the year.
Instead America has been met with increasing failures, a major falling out with the Karzai government, a failed occupation of the fictional city of Marjah, more galling because that offensive was done mainly for PR purposes and even that didn’t work.
Having already announced two major shifts in war strategy, both of them escalations, in their first year in office, the administration is reluctant to admit that they are heading inexorably toward abandoning the McChrystal Plan. Yet the alternative is to pretend that the strategy is still on track and to claim, beyond all reason, that some major gain is on the horizon.
They're "concerned" NOW? Were they all asleep these past eight years?
"Instead America has"
What country of "America" ? Maybe Canada, or Argentina ?
America is a CONTINENT, not a country…
no, America is a country,.part of the north american continent
no, America is a country,.part of the north american continent
Pure nonsense! Americans think that they own all of N/S/C American continent but actually is made up of 50 states. Just like Euro'peen Jews call themselves Semites–on the pretense to claim all of the middle East lands to themselves.
This blame game will continue and the reality is that Afghans in the history never accepted an occupier. It will advisable to leave Afghnistan and Pakistan and try on civilian work to help and recover back it,s immage but I know in the history super is always blind to accept the ground realities.Muslim were and are peace loving they never occupied a contry if they came remain there. Biggest example is India from 12 th. century till 19th. century we Muslims as a very small minority 12-14% peacefully ruled without blood shed as the Britishers occupied the whole thing changed.
I blame the impending NATO 'loss' in Afghanistan on the lib media for not showing enough 'good news' coming out of the war zone. Killings and bombings and torture and such. Vietnam as well, where the USA military actually 'won,' but had public support cut out beneath their feet – while on the verge of ultimate victory no less – by the commie-owned media.
Anything to make the next invasion more palatable, yeah, that's the ticket.
A Congress filled with idiots and morons, crooks and thieves, some perverts, many TRAITORS, all incompetent – and they are "CONCERNED"? – really?
NO invader has ever 'won' a war in Afghanistan – and no invader ever will.
Is there a single member of Congress who is aware that the reputation of Afghanistan is that "it is the graveyard of soldiers and of empires"? – it is a well earned reputation.
The only people more stupid than the members of Congress are the American people who continue to vote for them and to keep them in office!
I think the USA will be the first to win. Let them pore in more money ( print more) or borrow from China .Let their population not affort medical care , let them suffer from that but Afganistan must be won.
delayed indefinitely by local opposition. – So democracy does work.
O = W
they are really worried about their jobs, wankers of the world are all the same.