"Anyone who thought this was going to be a picnic in Afghanistan-anyone who had read any history, anyone who knew the Afghans, or had seen the terrain, anyone who had thought about the Taliban resurgence, anyone who understood what was going on across the border should have known to launch the British army in with the numbers there are, while we're still going on in Iraq is cuckoo,.....
those who think Afghanistan and Iraq are something we're going to muddle through for another couple of years and then we'll be able to go back to a period of relative calm. 'I don't see that happening. I think we're in an extremely volatile, dangerous world."
Brigadier Ed Butler publicly stated that an international presence may be required in Afghanistan for the next 20 years, but he did not specify how long the British forces would have to remain."
What are the top U.S brass Saying?
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1934382,00.html
2006-10-29
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