october 7, 2001

was the day we invaded afghanistan

how are we doing?

not well. not well at all. the people dislike us. it doesn't help we just killed over 90 civilians AND DENIED IT HAPPENED until someone had video proof. then we started to back peddle and say we'd LOOK INTO IT FURTHER

what the hell are we actually DOING? we're not 'winning'. seven years. we're america. seven years. wtf is going on?

Top military officer warns that U.S. isn't winning in Afghanistan

By Nancy A. Youssef | McClatchy Newspapers

WASHINGTON — Warning that the United States could lose the war in Afghanistan, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff announced Wednesday that he'd ordered a "more comprehensive" strategy there to address the growing cross-border insurgency.

Testifying on Capitol Hill, Adm. Michael Mullen gave a blunt assessment of the U.S. effort in Afghanistan: "I am not convinced that we're winning it in Afghanistan. I'm convinced we can."

Mullen and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates appeared before the House Armed Services Committee a day after President Bush announced that the U.S. would increase its presence in Afghanistan by 1,500 troops. Gates, who focused on Iraq, told the committee he thought that the U.S. strategy in Iraq has "entered that end game."

Their testimony was a public airing of a discussion that's going on within the Pentagon about how quickly the military can shift its focus from Iraq to Afghanistan. While violence has dropped precipitously in Iraq, it's climbed in Afghanistan. U.S. troop deaths there are higher than Iraq now, despite a far smaller presence. In addition, insurgent groups increasingly are taking control of villages..........