Rice: Afghanistan Has Come Long Way

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Source: Associated Press

Rice: Afghanistan Has Come Long Way

By ANNE GEARAN – 1 hour ago

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Thursday she has seen progress in Afghanistan during the past few years, despite a determined Taliban insurgency that has disrupted security and prompted concerns that the NATO-led military campaign is failing.

And Defense Secretary Robert Gates, seeking more military contributions from NATO members, said he's disappointed that some countries haven't sent combat troops to Afghanistan. But he also said he doesn't think the alliance is at a point of risking failure in the country.

"I don't think that there's a crisis, that there's a risk of failure," Gates said during a news conference in Vilnius, Lithuania, after meeting with NATO defense ministers. He said, however, that strengthening the fighting force there would help speed the defeat of the Taliban militants. "My view is that it represents potentially the opportunity to make further progress faster in Afghanistan if we had more forces there."


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[Buzz Clik]

1. One can go a long way and end up exactly where you started.

Afghanistan has a long, long way to go, and I'm not convinced that our presence is helping them get there.

[Roland99]

2. The Low Spark of Well-Heeled Liars

[Bobbieo]

3. The army had it made in Afghanistan and Bush let it go when he attacked Iraq.

[Imagevision]

4. Rice has been nothing more then a figure head to replace/shut-up Colin Powell the next

item we'll be hearing about the shoe shopper is when she is moving her office out of the WH. This broad was'is nothing but a flook! Donald Trump nailed her for what she really is...nothing!

[LynnTheDem]

5. "a long way"...

Sentenced to death: Afghan who dared to read about women's rights
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/sentenced-to-death-afghan-who-dared-to-read-about-womens-rights-775972.html

[gratuitous]

6. Afghanistan HAS come a long way

In the 1980s, they were kicking Soviet ass and bringing down the Soviet empire. In the 2000s, they're kicking American ass and bringing down the American empire.

[bdamomma]

7. exactly, and apparently their strategy is working to bring us down.