German General: Afghan War Has Failed
by Jason Ditz,
October 07, 2011
In comments to a newspaper former top German General Harald Kujat said that ten years in to the Afghanistan War the mission has clearly failed, though he took issue with the 2014 drawdown date, saying that the Taliban would retake the country “within just a few months” after they left. Interestingly, he offered no alternative to leaving.
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MoT
October 7th, 2011 at 10:22 am
Stating the obvious. I wonder how long before he's forced to recant or take an early retirement.
Aarky
October 7th, 2011 at 7:17 pm
Apparently General Allen didn't tell the German that he was having an interview on CBS 60 Minutes. Read, "General Allen Disavows 2014: US Going to Stay in Afghanistan a Longtime". Senators Boozman and Coburn visited Afhanistan this last week end, but have said nothing about the secret negotiations to allow the US to stay for at least ten more years. I called both Senator's offices and the people who answered the phoned seemed to be in a no comment zone when I asked them if General Allen or Ambassador Crocker had talked about the secret negotions.
andy
October 7th, 2011 at 8:33 pm
Would any U.S. general say that? I give him credit for this at least.
thedissenter
October 8th, 2011 at 8:42 am
If a German General says so, it's must be true. The opinion of us schmucks that have been saying so for 10 years don't count.
silas1898
October 8th, 2011 at 10:20 am
Graveyard of Empires