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Well ask dick durbin. >> it is two quagmires were facing. afghanistan first. it is an ugly picture of corruption running rampant. karzai taking money from everybody. the good news, the president went over there to visit the troops, always a good thing to do. on the other hand, weve been fighting this war longer an any war in american history. they said were going it be there at least till 2014. the regime were propping up is as corrupt as anything the world has seen or known. al qaeda left to go...

Afghanistan first. it is an ugly picture of corruption running rampant. karzai taking money from everybody. the good news, the president went over there to visit the troops, always a good thing to do. on the other hand, weve been fighting this war longer an any war in american history. they said were going it be there at least till 2014. the regime were propping up is as corrupt as anything the world has seen or known. al qaeda left to go to pakistan. i dont know why were there. the american peo...

Within his authority, and i have to tell you that i think it was a brilliant and inspired move to look to general petraeus who is obviously a successfully executed a counterinsurgency attack in iraq. >> positive move on the part of the president. >> look, wolf, the article came at a time when there were deep doubts in the republicans and the democrats in congress who were questioning the administration for strategy and some think it is more troops and some think you need to pressure the karzai g...

Article, it would have been difficult if not impossible for mcchrystal to work with vice president biden or ambassador holbrooke or the national security adviser general jim jones. i dont know how they could have worked together. >> it would have been hard. of course they were dysfunctional before this occurred, wolf. but i think thats one additional benefit of putting general petraeus in there that he is going to -- the dysfunctionalitiy will end with petraeus because he has a very good relatio...

The mature attitude necessary for a cohesive attitude toward the war. mcchrystal and his staff did not and therefore could not be trusted to follow the orders correctly. this is serious business and thousands of american and allied lives on the line, and obama must do everything in his power to ensure the best possible outcome regardless of the personalities. shelly writes that one man should not matter. he was a manager and that it is. he was responsible for implementing a strat jishgs and seem...

With the people he was working with. and in fact, lets point to michaels article right now where he says that he felt betrayed by ambassador karl eikenberry, the u.s. ambassador here in afghanistan. that is not necessarily something that i wouldnt have expected from general mcchrystal, but i wouldnt have expected him to say that to a journalist. because karl eikenberry is one of his friends and a man he trusted and he felt that he, eikenberry, and karzai were a team and in pushing the strategy a...

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Report by general petraeus evaluating the current strategy. we need to push the karzai government to do more. we need to reassure the karzai government that were not leavileav leaving in 2011. im pleased by the statement by the president that were going to stay with it and transition in 2014 when the afghans will be in the lead. now is the critical time in afghan politics and security reevaluation for the president to be on the ground, thank the troops during the holiday season and get a firstha...

Afghanistan and iraq as much as possible. why today? were eight days away from the report by general petraeus evaluating the current strategy. we need to push the karzai government to do more. we need to reassure the karzai government that were not leaving leave leaving in 2011. im pleased by the statement by the president that were going to stay with it and transition in 2014 when the afghans will be in the lead. now is the critical time in afghan politics and security reevaluation for the pres...

Security forces, only if the afghans want it as a way to make sure this country never goes back into the hands of the taliban. that would be a good way to end the afghan conflict. >> you know, senator, i hear what youre saying and im actually startled by it. my recollection is this war was al qaeda and terrorism, not about nation building in afghanistan. youre now suggesting a permanent imperpetuity presence in afghanistan, the most corrupt country, a president who takes bags of cash from iran. ...