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| We're losing Afghan war: minister |
| 2007-12-16 |
| AUSTRALIA'S new Defence Minister has said the war in Afghanistan will be lost unless there is a change of tactics, and that the current incoherent strategy is good for "stomping ants" but not much more. Mr Fitzgibbon told his colleagues in Edinburgh, including US Defence Secretary Robert Gates, that while NATO and its allies had been successfully "stomping on lots of ants, we have not been dealing with the ants' nest". |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #3 "we have not been dealing with the ants' nest" Nice of him to notice! |
| Posted by: DepotGuy 2007-12-16 21:19 |
| #2 Nice of him to notice. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2007-12-16 20:46 |
| #1 The 'ants' nest' being Pakistan, it is logistically challenging to deal with - the bulk of support for the Afghanistan operation must transit Pakistan. Not to mention Khan's gifts to the uncivilized world which are there. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2007-12-16 20:31 |