Afghan war trend worse than Iraq: U.S. trainer

[Joanne98]

Source: Reuters

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - The tide of the war in Afghanistan is running against the United States and its allies, in contrast to an improving trend in Iraq, a U.S. military official and counter-insurgency expert said on Wednesday.

"Afghanistan (is) in my eyes an under-resourced war, a war that needs a whole lot more advisers, a whole lot more economic aid," Lieutenant Colonel John Nagl told a security conference in Stockholm.

"This war is the war I'm concerned about, a war in which the United States very much needs the help of our friends."

Nagl commands the 1st battalion of the 34th armored regiment at Fort Riley, Kansas, training U.S. transition teams that embed with Iraqi and Afghan security forces.



Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSL1251250020080312

[xxqqqzme]

1. Time for Nagl to resign; he didn't get the memo

* just told Christian Broadcasters that things were going great in Afghanistan.

[Arctic Dave]

2. Somebody is feeling a little left out.

Do I sense a sibling rivalry going between occupations. Look at me, look at me Mom & Dad I'm important too.

[cliss]

3. Aint gonna happen.

"a war in which the United States very much needs the help of our friends."

They've already tried that. Sec. of Defense Gates went to Europe recently. He did his best to recruit "help" from his "friends". Got no takers. In fact, Germany flat out refused to send in any more troops. The reason given was the complete disenchantment with Iraq. Gates wants the Europeans to forget about Iraq and help out with Afghanistan.

So far, no takers.

Afghanistan will become a failed state. It probably already is.

[Barrett808]

4. k + r