Defense Secretary Leon Panetta says US on ‘right track’ in Afghanistan

[rug]

By Associated Press, Updated: Sunday, May 27, 9:39 AM

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on Sunday defended the Obama administration’s plans to wind down the more than decade-long war in Afghanistan, saying the U.S. is on “the right track.”

“We still have a fight on our hands,” Panetta said Sunday on ABC’s “This Week.”

“The American people need to know that. The world needs to know that ... but we’re on the right track,” he added.

Last week, NATO allies affirmed a plan to end combat operations inside Afghanistan by the end of 2014. Republicans, including Mitt Romney, have criticized President Barack Obama’s insistence on setting a firm timetable for the war because they say it shows a lack of commitment to the region and encourages enemy fighters to wait out a U.S. departure.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/defense-secretary-leon-panetta-says-us-on-right-track-in-afghanistan/2012/05/27/gJQApoCHuU_story.html

[jehop61]

1. Wow

I think I just felt a bit of de ja vue....... Heard the very same words in the summer of 1969! Don't these guys ever learn (or at least, think of something new to say)?

[spanone]

2. wow. there was no plan to leave vietnam in 69.

[rug]

4. Sure there was, by Nixon.

http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/vietnamisation.htm

Any deja vu is purely imaginary.

[Romulox]

3. LOL. nt