Gates: Report details highs, lows of Afghan fight
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 »
Posted by Dwight Rousu
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.