(Sen. Bob) Corker: Iraq strains U.S. in other areas

[sabra]

Source: Times Gazette

America's efforts to stabilize Afghanistan are plagued with manpower issues due to commitments to Iraq, Sen. Bob Corker said after returning from a eight-day tour of Afghanistan, Pakistan and India.

Corker was part of a U.S. congressional delegation led by Sen. Bob Bennett of Utah, along with Reps. David Dreier and Darrell Issa of California and Joe Wilson of South Carolina.

In a conference call with journalists on Wednesday, Corker said "there's no doubt that our efforts in Iraq are taking away from our efforts in Afghanistan."

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But Corker said there's no question that the Iraq efforts are keeping the U.S. from helping Afghanistan to build up their military and police forces to keep the country secure. Generals on the ground told the delegation "we just don't have the people we need to help train up the police force on the ground," Corker said.

"What that is doing is leaving those villages not as secure as they would otherwise be and it just creates opportunities for the Taliban and others to ... create fear ... and destabilize the country," Corker said.

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[dbackjon]

1. That the "no shit sherlock award" of the day

But Corker said there's no question that the Iraq efforts are keeping the U.S. from helping Afghanistan to build up their military and police forces to keep the country secure. Generals on the ground told the delegation "we just don't have the people we need to help train up the police force on the ground," Corker said.

It only took a Republican 4 years to figure out what Democrats knew immediately...

[coco77]

2. They are playing to the people...

who now realize what we have known for years.

[DCKit]

3. There no incentive to stabilize either country

If either Iraq or Afghanistan were stable, there would be no excuse for an American military presence and absolutely no control over the flow of heroin and oil. Who wants that? Oh, THEM. The appeasers, the diplomats, the patriots. Bunch of pussies. Where's the profit in that?

[Supersedeas]

4. nothing to see here -- feed them more Peterson infotainment