Gates: Report details highs, lows of Afghan fight

seattlepi.com, AP by Anne Gearan | Aug. 31, 2009 (News)

Gen. Stanley McChrystal said the nearly 8-year-old war is winnable, but his report is expected to be a blunt appraisal of the Taliban's increasing tactical prowess and diminishing popular support in Afghanistan for both the foreign-led war effort and the fragile, corruption-riddled central government. Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Dwight Rousu - Aug 31, 2009 - 10:24 PM PDT
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 by Dwight Rousu - Aug. 31, 2009

Disconnects are told without identifying them as such.

Bizarre story of doom and insistence on "winning," whatever that is. Statements of needing to understand Afganis, while Gates reviews high tech equipment to kill them.

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