US losing elite support in Afghan war
Mon, 02 Aug 2010 18:20:46 GMT
US troops in Afghanistan美軍在阿富汗
The Obama administration has lost support of Washington's political elite for the war in Afghanistan, a senior political analyst has told Press TV.
奧巴馬政府在阿富汗的戰爭已失去華盛頓政治精英的支持，一個高級政治分析師告訴新聞TV。
“The political support in the elite has essentially dried up and there is really little chance that it could be successful in the future” said historian and investigative journalist Gareth Porter in an interview with Press TV.
“在精英中的政治支持已然基本乾涸，和實在沒什機會它將來可以成功”，歷史學家和調查新聞記者加雷思波特在一新聞TV的採訪中說。
US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Sunday Washington would keep a large number of its troops in Afghanistan despite President Barack Obama's 2011 deadline for starting troop withdrawal.
美國國防部長羅伯特蓋茨在週日表示，華盛頓將保留大量的軍隊在阿富汗，儘管總統奧巴馬2011年的 開始撤軍
截止日期。
The remarks echoed those of Vice President Joe Biden, who had earlier hinted that the number of American troops to be withdrawn from Afghanistan in 2011 would be as few as 2,000.
言論呼應副總統拜登，他早些時候暗示美國軍隊在2011年撤出阿富汗的人數將是少至2,000人。
Porter further said, "[Former president of the council on foreign relations] Richard Haass and [former deputy security advisor] Robert Blackwell have written articles stating that Washington should withdraw from southern Afghanistan and hand it to the Taliban and say “that the game is over, more or less."
波特進一步說，“[外交關係委員會的前主席]理查德哈斯和[前副安全顧問]羅伯特布萊克韋爾也發表文章指出，美國應該從阿富汗南部撤出，並交它給塔利班，及說”遊戲已成過去，多多少少。“
“There could be enough political support to carry out a successful strategy, even one which is reformed to recast as it was in Iraq in 2007,” Porter said.
With 66 fatalities, July set the record as the deadliest month for American forces stationed in Afghanistan since the start of the war in 2001.
The rising number of casualties has increased opposition to the Afghan war in the US and other European states.
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