Comments on: Gates Corrects Holbrooke; Will Actually Be Able to Measure Success http://washingtonindependent.com/58103/gates-corrects-holbrooke-will-actually-be-able-to-measure-success National News in Context Tue, 31 Jan 2012 02:40:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: mikey http://washingtonindependent.com/58103/gates-corrects-holbrooke-will-actually-be-able-to-measure-success/comment-page-1#comment-73407 mikey Wed, 09 Sep 2009 01:41:45 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=58103#comment-73407 "I believe that success or progress will be as — when we see the Afghan national security forces, the army and the police, assuming a greater and greater role in protecting the — in security operations protecting Afghanistan and the Afghan people..."<br><br>Isn't this sort of bizarre? We now have apparently committed all this American blood and treasure NOT for any American security purpose but for the purpose of Afghan national security. We just want to see them able to protect their own people. THIS is a reason to commit American soldiers to a foreign battle?<br><br>mikey “I believe that success or progress will be as — when we see the Afghan national security forces, the army and the police, assuming a greater and greater role in protecting the — in security operations protecting Afghanistan and the Afghan people…”

Isn't this sort of bizarre? We now have apparently committed all this American blood and treasure NOT for any American security purpose but for the purpose of Afghan national security. We just want to see them able to protect their own people. THIS is a reason to commit American soldiers to a foreign battle?

mikey

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