Tuesday, January 16, 2007
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Brendan Miniter: The Next Stop, Is Iraq a distraction from the war on terror? No, say Afghanistan's ambassador and the Joint Chiefs chairman - '...Come spring, [Gen. Peter Pace] said, there will be a military offensive. The question is this: "Will it be ours or theirs?" He wouldn't say precisely what the U.S. is planning once the winter snows begin to recede. But it's clear by raising the question that he's watching what's happening on the ground there even as the U.S. surges in Iraq. The general was, however, willing to draw a direct parallel between the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. If the U.S. is pushed out of Iraq, he said, the next stop for al Qaeda and other insurgents is Afghanistan. If the U.S. is pushed out of Afghanistan, he said to a hushed room in New York on Friday, the next stop is here.'
