Instability in Middle East of major concern to U.S. Joint Chiefs

[lovuian]

http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/index.php?sid=428186

Instability in the Middle East is front and center on the list of concerns the Joint Chiefs of Staff confronts, Navy Adm. Mike Mullen said Sunday.

The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff told the National Security Conference of the American Bar Association that the arc of instability stretches from Lebanon to Pakistan.
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Afghanistan is not going well now, the chairman said.

“The vector in Afghanistan is one of concern to me, because the insurgency is growing,” Mullen said. He told the lawyers that Afghanistan cannot be viewed alone. Pakistan is part of the problem of the area, he said, because al-Qaida and the Taliban are using the tribal areas of western Pakistan as a safe haven to rest, train and infiltrate into Afghanistan.

Afghanistan needs more troops, he said, and even with the 6,000 to 7,000 more U.S. troops that will go into the country in the next few months. “Even when they arrive,” he said, “we will still be short of troops that the commander needs there
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It will be interesting to see what the new President will do

[LynnTheDem]

1. Illegal invasions, occupations, slaughtering of civilians tends to destabilize

areas, middle east and elsewhere.

Imagine that. Who the fuck coulda known.