So said the new major domo in Afghanistan, General David Petraeus, after former head honcho, Gen. McChrystal, was unceremoniously given the hook by Obama.
Somebody might want to point out to him that designing and building an airplane while it is in flight is physically impossible. But, then, maybe he knows that already...
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"The Economist" is now declaring Afghanistan lost. In today's Sydney Morning Herald there's an item on a Congressional audit that found tha Afghan army training and readiness is far worse than the US military has been claiming. There's not a single unit deemed capable of operating indepedently and a lot of the money provided the Afghan government has left the country in suitcases.
The lesson here is probably that it would have been cheaper in blood and treasure - and more effective - if the USA had simply dropped suitcases full of money onto Afghanistan, instead of pouring bucketfuls of ordnance.
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