NATO Is Meeting To Discuss Strategy On Afghanistan

Gen. David Petraeus speaks at the Heritage Foundation in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2008. (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson)

NATO To Meet As Afghan War Effort Founders
-- Yahoo News/AP

LONDON - When NATO defense ministers meet in Budapest on Thursday, they will face a worsening situation in Afghanistan and vexing questions about whether the war can be won.

Increasingly, military commanders and political leaders are asking: Is it time to talk to the Taliban?

With U.S. and NATO forces suffering their deadliest year so far in Afghanistan, a rising chorus of voices, including Defense Secretary Robert Gates and the incoming head of U.S. Central Command, have endorsed efforts to reach out to members of the Taliban considered willing to seek an accommodation with President Hamid Karzai's government.

"That is one of the key long-term solutions in Afghanistan, just as it has been in Iraq," Gates told reporters Monday. "Part of the solution is reconciliation with people who are willing to work with the Afghan government going forward."

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My Comment: This should have been done years ago. The leadership of General Petraeus is showing here.