Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Afghanistan Is Now America's Longest War






Afghanistan: Now The Longest U.S. War -- FOX News

After 104 months of combat, Afghanistan has now passed Vietnam as America’s longest war. Now some key American officials from over the years are weighing in on lessons learned and successes in this military campaign.

Dr. Zalmay Khalilzad served as the Special Presidential Envoy to Afghanistan, and then as the U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan from 2003-2005. In terms of lessons learned, Khalilzad said, “We were attentive to the sanctuary for Al Qaeda but I don’t think we were attentive enough to sanctuary of Taliban in Pakistan, and from that problem largely grew this insurgency that's now threatening the coalition and Afghan forces.”

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More News On America's Longest War

Afghan war overtakes Vietnam to become the longest conflict in U.S. history -- The Daily Mail
Afghanistan: A Long War - and No Longer a Popular One -- ABC News
America’s War In Afghanistan Now Officially Longer Than Vietnam -- Vanity Fair
Afghan War surpasses Vietnam War in its duration -- Sify
War in Afghanistan longer than Vietnam -- RT
Vietnam, Not Afghanistan, Still Longest War: Holbrooke -- NPR
Afghanistan Now America’s Longest War, Or Maybe Not -- Outside The Beltway

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