Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20100624:10:44:00
>> exactly right. the phrase in the pentagon is conditions based. mcchrystal and also petraeus, for that matter, want to continue this until, quote, conditions on the ground would allow the united states to wind down, meaning the afghans can pick up the slack. the president didn't want to give them that kind of a blank check and said after one year, we have to begin the drawdown. i think the real question is what does the drawdown mean come july 1, 2011. is it one soldier or 10,000 soldiers or 50,000 soldiers? because no way in one year the afghan military and police are able to take the fight...