Why Does Republican Majority Leader Bill Frist Blatantly Admit Defeat In Afghanistan?

Question

This is from The Guardian Website but its an AP news story.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6120712,00.html

Frist: Taliban Should Be in Afghan Gov't
JIM KRANE / AP | October 3 2006

-U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist said Monday that the Afghan war against Taliban guerrillas can never be won militarily and called for efforts to bring the Islamic militia and its supporters into the Afghan government.

**I thought the "Afghan War" ended in 2001. Now in 2006 theres still 20,000 American soldiers over there and the Republican Senate majority leader says theres no way we win. Why is he doing this now?

Answer 1

Because the Taliban have retaken the country, and he's breaking the bad news to us. Every day there are new articles saying Afghanistan has gone to hell. Here's a sampling from the last 3 days days

Suicide Bomber Attacks Afghan Police
Pakistan Must Do More on Taliban: U.S. Senator (Reed)
Afghan Suicide Bombers Kill 1, Wounds 17
U.N. Warns Afghan Opium Crop to Spur Heroin Deaths
Taliban insurgency against Karzai grows
After Afghan Battle, a Harder Fight for Peace
TV REVIEW | 'RETURN OF THE TALIBAN'; Failure to Root Out a Secret Front in the War on Terror

Answer 2

One thought to consider is Afghanistan has never attacked with intent to conquer any other Country ever. Also Afghanistan has never been conquered. Not even Gingus Khan or Alexander the Great took and held Afghanistan.

The Afghan people know this and actually look at aggression more humorously than we do. They know the aggressors will fail so they set back and watch.

I saw an interview with a Tribal Elder. He had a Russian Tank and said I'll park an American tank next to it when they leave.

I'm not saying give up the pursuit of Ben Ladin I'm only saying look at the big picture.

Go big Red Go

Answer 3

the place have been you throughout Vietnam? This became a similar reason we could not possible win in Vietnam. while the inhabitants is against you, you are able to in no way win. Any time an invading rigidity contraptions up a central authority, that government serves to needs of the invading rigidity and not the persons. That government is often perceived as corrupt by using the persons. those people who served in southeast Asia knew there became no prevailing that conflict while toddlers and female with toddlers strapped to their chest have been capturing at us. The Afghan conflict as properly as Iraq have been ill conceived.

Answer 4

because the Taliban has regained power,, Osama is being protected by Pakistan and president Musharraf,, and George W. Bush stood before the American people with him and promoted his book,, Republicans have sunk to the lowest possible position in US history,, they are drowning in their own scum

Answer 5

He is trying to divert the attention away from his and Foley's affair.

Answer 6

He is messed up in the head!!!!!

Answer 7

Not blatantly, but more hedging