Afghanistan is lost. Only the announcements are left

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Afghanistan in Peril: Defeat and disaster for USA & India

Posted on October 4, 2008 by Moin Ansari

NEWS | October 3rd, 2008 | Moin Ansari | معین آنصآرّی | اخبار روپیہ | Afghanistan is lost. Only the announcements are left. “The American strategy is destined to fail”: Sir Sherard Cowper-Coles. The delay in realizing the reality of the situation can only be gauged by the intensity of the bombings on Pakistani territory and the economic and military pressure imposed on the Pakistani political leadership. The inevitable withdrawal of NATO forces from Afghanistan cannot be delayed by the bluster of the Vice Presidential candidates or the wishes of the right Wing Think Tanks in the USA. Robert Fisk: US VPs hid like rabbits from Mideast earthquake

• General Petraeus “Insurgents in Afghanistan Are Gaining”
• “We can’t kill our way to victory and no armed force anywhere - no matter how good - can deliver these keys alone.”
• “The influence of the insurgency has expanded beyond traditionally volatile areas and has increased in provinces neighbouring Kabul,” says a report by Ban Ki-moon, the UN Secretary-General, released last week.
• Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told the House Armed Services Committee the U.S. military needs to adopt a new strategy in Afghanistan. “I’m not convinced we are winning it in Afghanistan,”
• U.S. attacks on Pakistan counterproductive: US Thinktanks
• Risk of another war: How many more American Crusades?

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