Feinstein, Rogers say Taliban ‘stronger’ since surge

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Source: Washington Post

The leaders of the House and Senate intelligence committees said Sunday they believe that the Taliban has grown stronger since President Obama sent 33,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan in 2010.

The pessimistic report by Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.) challenges Obama’s assessment last week in his visit to Kabul that the “tide had turned” and that “we broke the Taliban’s momentum.”

Feinstein and Rogers told CNN’s “State of the Union” that they aren’t so sure. The two recently returned from a fact-finding trip to the region, where they met with Afghan President Hamid Karzai.

“President Karzai believes that the Taliban will not come back. I’m not so sure,” Feinstein said. “The Taliban has a shadow system of governors in many provinces.”

Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/feinstein-rogers-say-taliban-stronger-since-surge/2012/05/06/gIQALbQh6T_story.html

[xchrom]

1. They certainly seem to be able to strike where ever

They want.

An expensive failure - or drone war/ Afghanistan enterprise.

[SammyWinstonJack]

2. Who'da thunk?

[NYC_SKP]

3. Feinstein who?

Oh, my Senator Feinstein.

Meh.

[robinlynne]

4. Feinstein whose husband sells military equipment to the US government. That Fienstein.

[corkhead]

5. exactly what I was thinking

[BlueCaliDem]

8. Thank you!

She benefited, financially, greatly during Bush's wars. She doesn't want to see all that largess dry up, does she?

[diane in sf]

9. I'm sure she'd hate the warmonger gravy train to end.

[PatrynXX]

12. basically a Dino huh...

yeah. that and the study is outdated. from 2010 onwards. now did it take into account UBL getting killed? doubt it might say they do but they are looking at the big picture. First UBL and now this idiot who bombed the USS Cole. Yes the tides turned.

[razorman]

6. I hate the term, "surge". Call it what it is,

"reinforcements"; a time-honored military concept.

[cosmicone]

7. Not surprising since

the real master of the so called Taliban, Pakistan, still has its military and ISI.

Once Pakistani military and ISI are reduced in power both militarily and economically, Taliban would wither away.

Instead, we sent billions to Pakistan!

[Grassy Knoll]

10. CNN Trolling for ratings.....

Rogers is a complete asshole for the state of MI, But for Feinstein to enter the fray,
is disgusting and reprehensible and does not drink from the same challis San Francisco
once held up for her. Sad.

[elleng]

11. Good of Feinstein and Rogers to say it, eh?