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Today many accomplishment of the afghan people -- >> it seems like we're going backwards here. if killings are up, roadside bomb attacks are up, we can't get out of marjah at this point because there hasn't 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 threat is still imminent. we are facing a brutal enemy in afghanistan who is a threat not only to the...

President or his family? >> let me move to the issue of competence. that's the other thing that people go after. since he took office in 2002, it's 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 can't be delivered into some of the rural regions. it doesn't seem to be gelling here. if you cannot do it after nine years, how are you going to do it after ten? >> un...

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 afghanistan. collectively we have not succeeded to fight terrorism effectively for many reasons. lack of f...

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 9/11. that is still evident. we are facing a enemy in afghanistan. he's a threat to your freedom, your ...

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 coalition. more than 100 coalition troops lost their lives last month. 58 of them u.s. and when you look at ...