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burning that inhibits your ability to half on the detention center? >> none of this stuff is easy. obviously the most recent riots or protests against the koran burning were tragic. but remember this happened a while back when the pastor in florida threatened to burnt korann while we were making this transition in iraq. and there would be occasional setbacks. but what i tried to do is to set a course, make sure that up and down the chain of command everybody knows what our broader strategy is. and one of the incredible things about our military is that when they know what our objective is, what our goal is, regardless of
detail in making sure everything goes off well. all right? okay. go ahead, last one. last question. >> when the nato leaders gather in chicago in may. do you expect that they will be able to agree on a transition strategy? and are you concerned the koran burning threaten your ability to negotiate? >> keep in mine the transition policy was established at lisbon. and we have been following that strategy that calls for turning over increasing responsibility to afghans. and a full transition so our combat role is over by 2014. our coalition partners have agreed to it. they are sticking with it. that continues to be the plan.
that continues to be the plan. what we are now going to be doing over the next -- at this nato meeting and planning for the next two years is to make sure that transition is not a cliff but there are benchmarks and steps that are taking along the way in the same way that we reduced our role in iraq so that it is gradual, afghan capacity is built. the partnering with afghan security forces is effective, that we're putting in place the kinds of support structures that are needed in order for the overall strategy to be effective. now, yes, the situation with the koran burning concerns me. i think that it is an indication
burning itself, the violence that followed that inhibits your ability to work out things like how to hand off the detention center? >> none of this stuff is easy, and it never has been. obviously, the most recent riots or propests against the koran burning were tragic, but remember this happened a while back when the pastor in florida threatened to burn a koran in iraq as we were making this transition. there were constant crises that would pop up and tragic events that would take place, and there would be occasional setbacks. what i try to do is to set a course, make sure that up and down the chain of command that everybody knows what our broader strategy is, and one of the incredible things about our military is that when they know
clinton just said that america has a lot -- is to blame to a great extent for the violence that is happening overseas. and it's the left tendence tow want to apologize for everything. we are to blame for 9/11. we torblame for the illegal immigration. we are to blame for everything. these people think if they go overseas and apologize for being americans that the rest of the world are going to like us. instead, they realize that we are pushovers and that we are easily targeted because we will give them what they want. >> ironically, the president apal ised and said he calmed things down and more people have been murdered in afghanistan as a result of the koran burning, which we shouldn't have apologized for in my view. >> absolutely. it's the breadth of the topics that andrew took on. he cut right to the heart of a topic. look, andrew breitbart's dead, but his spirited is going to live on. that web site that will be launched on sunday night. >> which one is it?
custody. it's not exactly clear what the motivation for the shooting was. but u.s. officials say it is likely it had something to do with the anger over the koran burning. this follows in a series of attacks on u.s. troops that we have seen since the announcement that u.s. troops had burned koran about 10 days or so ago. but in a scary statistic that we just realized today of the 60 american and international troops killed here in afghanistan, 12 of them have been killed by afghan security forces. police officers and soldiers. that's nearly 20% of all coalition troops killed here in afghanistan there is a dangerous trend of afghan security forces killing the people and the trainers that they are working with here in afghanistan. that throws this entire strategy here in afghanistan into question about the long-term ramifications of what this will do to the trust and the partnership that is key to building this country up, shepard. >> shepard: conor powell live this friday morning in kabul.
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stand for. >> sean: where's the sense of proportionality? we have dead american soldiers here. i haven't seen an apology to america or the families of these soldiers, liz. >> no. it's even worse. if you look at what secretary clinton has said, where, you know, she's used, basically the same language. she says that she condemns in the strongest possible terms what happened here. >> sean: i got that tape. interestingly, she used the same exact words, i will play them back to back. the first is about the koran burning. the second one is about ausad and his own murderers in syria. >> deeply regret the incident that has led to these protests. we are condemning it in the strongest possible terms. but we also believe that the violence must stop.
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stand for. >> sean: where's the sense of proportionality? we have dead american soldiers here. i haven't seen an apology to america or the families of these soldiers, liz. >> no. it's even worse. if you look at what secretary clinton has said, where, you know, she's used, basically the same language. she says that she condemns in the strongest possible terms what happened here. >> sean: i got that tape. interestingly, she used the same exact words, i will play them back to back. the first is about the koran burning. the second one is about ausad and his own murderers in syria. >> deeply regret the incident that has led to these protests. we are condemning it in the strongest possible terms. but we also believe that the violence must stop.