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Insurgents in Afghanistan Are Gaining, Petraeus Says

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Problems General Petraeus sees in Afghanistan as he does information gathering before taking up his position as head of Central Command. His point is that every situation is very unique so it has to be addressed as a unique situation with its own topography.

The Afghan war's and the stories of Schweich and Rory on the complication added by opium farming and general antiforeign sentiment.

07/27/2008

Opium farming in the south is supported by the politicians including Karzai and Afghan sentiment generally is against foreigners just as more troops are sought on the ground and in the USA the war is getting politicized for personal advantage by Presidential candidates who do not understand fully what is going on .

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