Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Biden No Longer a Lone Voice on Afghanistan

WASHINGTON — A few hours after getting off a plane from America’s war zones, Joseph R. Biden Jr. slipped into a chair, shook off his jet lag and reflected on what he had seen. The situation in Iraq, he said, was much improved. In Pakistan, he said he saw encouraging signs.

Then he came to Afghanistan and shook his head. “It has deteriorated significantly,” he said. “It’s going to be a very heavy lift.”

From the moment they took office, Mr. Biden has been Mr. Obama’s in-house pessimist on Afghanistan, the strongest voice against further escalation of American forces there and the leading doubter of the president’s strategy. - Biden No Longer a Lone Voice on Afghanistan

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