trying to salvage something from bush's failure

Joint Chiefs say US should pare Afghanistan goals

WASHINGTON – Sharing a grim view of developments in Afghanistan, top Pentagon military leaders are recommending that President Barack Obama overhaul U.S. strategy there.

A report prepared by the Joint Chiefs of Staff advises focusing more on squeezing Taliban and al-Qaida sanctuaries inside neighboring Pakistan while de-emphasizing longer-term goals for bolstering democracy.

Defense Secretary Robert Gates has seen the report, but it has not yet been presented to the White House, officials said Tuesday. It is one piece of a broad policy reassessment under way, along with recommendations from the commander of U.S. Central Command, Gen. David Petraeus, and other military leaders.

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And, as is typical from the bush administration:

Military official: ‘Frankly, we don’t have’ an end game in Afghanistan.

(Think Progress)

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Bush & his moronic cohorts just went in with no planning and no logic and no long term goals. Sounds damn typical of them, unfortunately. Let's hope that Obama has enough intelligent people around him to repair this damage.