"Protecting those we are here to help nonetheless does require killing, capturing or turning the insurgents. We will not shrink from that."-General David Petraeus to the troops in Afghanistan.
KABUL, Afghanistan – "We are in this to win," Gen. David Petraeus said Sunday as he took the reins of an Afghan war effort troubled by waning support, an emboldened enemy, government corruption and a looming commitment to withdraw troops even with no sign of violence easing.
Petraeus, who pioneered the counterinsurgency strategy he now oversees in Afghanistan, has just months to show progress in turning back insurgents and convince both the Afghan people and neighboring countries that the U.S. is committed to preventing the country from again becoming a haven for al-Qaida and its terrorist allies.
"We are in this to win." Despite the carping of the Mooove On dot Org types, who called him "General Betray Us", Obama's tapping of someone who actually has the expertise to make that win happen, if he is not hamstrung from the top, may yet disappoint that far left wing of Obama's base that wants to see the American military suffer defeat.
Good for him.
Cross posted at Left Coast Rebel, Say Anything
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