they can and probably we will also. but also say, we re not in strategic vulnerability like the soviets or british in 1848, we re not going to lose thousands of u.s. troops but we re in a very dangerous situation. we re going to have to rethink the strategy. we won t be able to take all the combat brigades out and leave isolated groups of trainers and mentors, intel, air power, all over afghanistan. the marines just lost eight aircraft and the squadron commander was killed in kandahar. does it again, we need to rethink it. do you think this means a more accelerated timetable for withdraw or something that s more stretched out than the 2014 benchmark? i think we re going to come out of there very quickly and my guess is we ll be completely out of afghanistan within two or three years. we won t leave people in there
assault on his own people, killing more than 10,000. and the world watched and did nothing, now, three decades later, it appears his son is repeating that same tragic history. harris, back to you. thank you very much. and defense secretary leon panetta reassuring our allies in europe, the united states is committed to their security. and that is despite plans to make deep cuts to our nation s defense budget. secretary panetta in munich. the u.s. army planning to withdraw two combat brigades, about 7,000 soldiers, but they ll keep about 37,000 soldiers in the region. sick at sea. a virus spreading through two cruiseships headed for florida. how did the crew respond? some of the passengers back on shore now and sharing their stories. and some of the same technology used to take out usama bin laden, unleashed on the streets at home.
role more of a counter-terror advising the afghan army. i think it s a shot across the bow and petraeus theory. what does this do to the troops as far as exposing them to greater danger and also what does it do to the budget? well, if we re going to go to advise train and assist mission in 2013 in, iraq we had 17 brigades on the ground. when we went to an advise position in iraq, we went down to 5 combat brigades. they are wrong when they say u.s. troops aren t in combat, they are because people are shooting them. they are conducting a mission safer, they are on the base, training the foreign military, but there is distinct challenges with the afghan military, less trained less educated than the iraq military.
brigades on the ground. when we went to an advise position in iraq, we went down to 5 combat brigades. they are wrong when they say u.s. troops aren t in combat, they are because people are shooting them. they are conducting a mission safer, they are on the base, training the foreign military, but there is distinct challenges with the afghan military, less trained less educated than the iraq military. they will still be in danger but the mission is more safe than now. by 2014 that will look like what happened in december in iraq where we pull out and hand it over to afghan forces.
attached to each brigade, won t be outside the wire, working with the afghan military in a role more of a counter-terror advising the afghan army. i think it s a shot across the bow and pat tretraeus theory. what does this do to the troops as far as exposing them to greater danger and also what does it do to the budget? well, if we re going to go to advise train and assist mission in 2013 in, iraq we had 17 b brigades on the ground. when we went to an advise position in iraq, we went down to 5 combat brigades. they are wrong when they say u.s. troops aren t in combat, they are because people are shooting them. they are conducting a mission safer, they are on the base, training the foreign military, but there is distinct challenges