Countering Afghanistan's Downward Spiral - Gen. David Petraeus

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/03/13/General_David_Petraeus_Update_on_the_Middle_East

General David Petraeus says Afghanistan "spiraled downward" as the insurgency "expanded its strength and influence." Petraeus outlines a counterinsurgency plan to stabilize Afghanistan, which includes the 17,000 extra troops recently announced by President Barack Obama.

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Commander, United States Central Command, General David H. Petraeus gives an update on the Middle East at the World Affairs Council of Connecticut.

He discusses CENTCOM's role in the Middle East, plus the situation on the ground in Iraq and Afghanistan. -- WAC Connecticut

General David H. Petraeus assumed command of the United States Central Command in October 2008, after serving for over 19 months as the Commanding General, Multi-National Force-Iraq. Prior to his tour as MNF-I Commander, he commanded the U.S. Army Combined Arms Center and Fort Leavenworth. Before that assignment, he was the first commander of the Multi-National Security Transition Command-Iraq, which he led from June 2004 to September 2005, and the NATO Training Mission-Iraq, which he commanded from October 2004 to September 2005.

In 2005 he was recognized by the U.S. News and World Report as one of America's 25 Best Leaders, and in 2007 he was named by Time magazine as one of the 100 most influential leaders of the year and one of four runners-up for Time Person of the Year. Most recently, he was selected by Foreign Policy magazine as one of the world's top 100 public intellectuals and by Esquire magazine as one of the 75 Most Influential People of the 21st Century.

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[judgerofwars]

@HelmutHedd well bush couldnt win the war in iraq for 8 years.....bush and cheney made a ton of mistakes in iraq. obama is better than those two chicken hawk clowns

[xSege123x]

pay attention to 3:59 - 4:09. lol pay close attention to those words. think about what he just said and then explain what he actually means when he says

"so our troops must be employed wisely to avoid being seen as outsiders bent on conquering it(afghanistan)"

lol seriously?

[xSege123x]

"THEY MUST LIVE OUR VALUES". really?? lol

[HelmutHedd]

Until the idiot in the White House is removed, Afghanistan will continue spiralling down. Losing is what the left wants.

[badmoonryzn]

Oh Man, Vistavision is a piece of work. Why are you wasting your time to even argue with such a doorknob? If you said black he would say white.He is not interested in a resolution; he is only texting a bunch of white noise to irk people. It has no value at all. When he asked what you were doing in 1981 like he was there and had some vested interest or the inept comment about the mujahideen being Taliban showed immediately he is totally nuts. For goodness sake, please quite feeding the squirrels

[vistavision2]

The moujahadeen:

1 Was & is a political movement: Poltiical movement was the LIBERATION of Afghanistan from non-muslims, e.g., then Soviets

2 Just because someone assigns a name; For example Gen Petreaus' "Associate Syndicate of Extremists [ASOE]" in attempt to describe their understanding does not make it so of actuality

What is this "search" you keep on refering to?

What were you doing in 1981 when some of us entered the game?

How many moujahadeen do you personally know?

[Re5Publica]

?????

The Mujahideen was a militia, not a political movement, the mujahideen split up into political movements after the Soviets withdrew, and fought eachother.

"There is no such thing as a "singular mujahid" becasue the religious aspect "the way of life" not permit individuals to operate without a fatwa."

Well, i'll leave it to those reading to search "mujahid" and "mujahideen" and see which of us is telling the truth or COMPLETE nonsense.