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To: Broken_Clock who wrote (398298)12/8/2009 3:25:52 PM
From: S. maltophilia  Respond to of 436258
 
A lot of material aimed at a diminishing audience.<g>
We may have to wait for Palin to end the current war:

Afghan leader: Help needed to pay for larger army

KABUL (AP) -- After meeting Tuesday with U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Afghan President Hamid Karzai said it may be five years before his army is ready to take on insurgents - a blunt warning that the planned exit strategy for U.S. troops from Afghanistan 18 months from now could grind slowly through 2014.

Karzai also said it will be at least 15 years before his government can bankroll a security force strong enough to protect the country from the threat of insurgency.....
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