Editorial, Making the case for success in Afghanistan

NO ONE UNDERSTANDS more clearly than Gen. David H. Petraeus how frustrating it is to many Americans to hear that the United States is in "the early stages" of its counterinsurgency effort in Afghanistan.

But Gen. Petraeus also made clear that for many of those years, U.S. forces and their allies did not have the resources they needed to fight al-Qaeda and its Taliban allies. -- Making the case : Gen. David Petraeus should not be the only pitchman...

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