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In vietnam, it could take weeks, but now wounded can be home in days. cnn was granted exclusive access to see the medical care that makes it possible into injured troops. some, hours off the frontline. in the hospital hallway, army specialist james dennis is being shipped home after being in three attacks in three weeks. he had already been here before. he survived two roadside bomb attacks in the same day, and then a coup of days ago -- >> indirect fire. i was hit by a mortar. >> reporter: but ...

About military operations on a given day, reports about roadside bomb attacks, reports about when u.s. troops have encountered enemy forces. everything single thing that the u.s. military has encountered there, they file a field report, and thats essentially the large measure of what you are looking at here. so its what happened at a particular day at a particular point in time. the comprehensiveness, perhaps, comes later in the bigger picture, the big strategy, the overall assessments that are ...

Competence. because thats the other thing that people go after. since president karzai took office in 2002, it is now 2010, june has been one of the deadliest months of the entire war. one report we had is that roadside bomb attacks have gone up 94% from last year in the first four months of this year. the afghan army is in no shape right now to stand up for its country. electricity still cant be delivered into some of those rural regions. it just doesnt seem to be gelling here. if you cant do i...

Operate against afghan people primarily and then the rest of the world. this was a shared fight between the afghan people, the afghan leadership and the rest of the world. if afghanistan was fully functioning, there would be no need for the international communities to be in afghanistan. we accomplished a lot. today many accomplishments that the afghan people are proud of. >> it seems like we are going backwards here. killings are up, roadside bomb attacks are up. we cannot get out of marjah at ...

Few presidents in that region of the world that hardly has $50,000 in his bank account. theres presidents of intelligence and why dont they coming up with clear evidence of any corruption involvement of the president or his family? >> let me move to the issue of competence. thats the other thing that people go after. president karzai took office in 2002. it is now 2010. june has been one of the deadliest months of the entire war. one report that we have is that roadside bomb attacks have gone up...

Today many accomplishment of the afghan people -- >> it seems like were going backwards here. if killings are up, roadside bomb attacks are up, we cant get out of marjah at this point because there hasnt been the appropriate backup to come in and set up a government. so can you see why the american people would think, this is never going to end? >> no. the american people did not come to afghanistan to fix marjah. they came to afghanistan because they were attacked as part of the 9/11. that thre...

President or his family? >> let me move to the issue of competence. thats the other thing that people go after. since he took office in 2002, its now 2010, june has been one of the deadliest months of the entire war. one report that we have is that roadside bomb attacks have gone up 94% from last year in the first four months of this year. the afghan army is in no shape right now to stand up for its country. electricity still cant be delivered into some of the rural regions. it doesnt seem to be...

International community to be in afghanistan. we accomplished a lot. >> it seems like we are going backwards here. roadside bomb attacks are up, and we cannot get out of marjah at this point because there has not been the appropriate backup to come in and set up a government. can you see why the american government may think this will never end? >> the american people came to afghanistan because they were attacked as part of 9/11. that is still evidence. we are facing a bee ing ing a b in afghan...

Functioning, there would be no need for the international communities to be in afghanistan. we accomplished a lot. >> it seems like we are going backwards here. killings are up, roadside bomb attacks are up. and we cannot get out of marjah at this point because there has not been the appropriate backup to come in and set up a government. can you see why the american people would think this is never going to end? >> the american people came to afghanistan because they were attacked as part of 9/1...

Everywhere he looks now, violence on the rise. in eastern afghanistan, for example, the top commander there has just put restrictions on the use of those humvee armored vehicles because of the growth in the large number of roadside bomb attacks, ieds. humvees, something we had seen in the war zone for years, now restricted because of the rise in violence. how bad is the violence that general petraeus is flying into? well, as you have said, june was the deadliest month of the war for the coalitio...