Photo: U.S. Marine Corps Commandant, Gen. James Conway, steps off a C130 aircraft during a tour of remote bases throughout southern Afghanistan, Dec. 24, 2008. (CBS/Cami McCormick )From CBS News:
U.S. Marine Commandant Tells CBS News "Nation Building” In Iraq Not Best Use Of Troops
The Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps says it's "high time" his troops leave Iraq and take their battle skills to Afghanistan.
"We are a fighting machine," Gen. James Conway tells CBS News, and the fight is now in Afghanistan.
On a whirlwind holiday visit to remote bases in Iraq and Afghanistan, Gen. Conway assessed the situation on the ground. He has made no secret of the fact he believes U.S. Marines would be better suited to the challenges in Afghanistan.
Their role in Iraq, he says, has been reduced to "nation building." In Anbar province, once the most dangerous province in Iraq, the violence has fallen to such low levels, Marines are working with the government on civil services.
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