there is a political component to be sure especially since the president of the united states is has, in the past, and will going forward talk about his success in getting rid of bin laden. so of course there s a political compliment to it. there s another story out from afghanistan today in the wake of all of these so-called green on blue attacks. we have the u.s. military suspending the training portion of their role there with the police officers, correct? clarify what s going on right now. we ve been training. we ve trained bureaucrats. we trained police officers. we trained the afghan earl. we ve had the most success with the afghan army. not much success at all with the police. had in certain areas we have. we haven t had much success in training the police. quite frankly if we re going to stop, slow down, or actually put a halt for some time to the training of police, you have to ask yourself the question, what are we doing there?
safe travels. the government is urging police across the country to be on the look-out for hints of possible disruption to the political convention in tampa and charlotte, north carolina. bulletin from the f.b.i. and homeland security mentions possible violent tactics by anarchists, trying to shut down roads or transit systems. the afghan government is blaming the wave of so-called green on blue attacks on infiltration by foreign spy agencies. 40 nato personnel, including dozen of u.s. soldiers have been killed in 3 # insider attacks by afghan this year. they are promising to tighten the veteran process for army and police recruits. british prime minister david cameron is adding to president obama s warning that the u.s. of chemical weapon by syria regime could lead to military intervention, saying today, the u.s. and great britain agree that the use or the threat of the use would trigger military action.
what is going on inside bagram and the other places that are targeted by insurgents, the tall bam or just disgruntled afghan soldiers. the amazing thing is the increase in what they have called the insider or green on blue attacks. we now have 40 dead americans this year. shepard: for what? what? what is the goal now? the goal is to get out by 2014? there is no goal, no win. people will die while we wait to get out. how much sense does it make? guest: we are continuing to kill afghan leaders. but this has been too much for two nato members, new zealand announced this week they are pulling, or, they are accelerating the withdrawal of 140 soldiers. shepard: there is pressure for us, too. guest: there is but the president in his press conference said yesterday this
the and that s exactly the kind of debate the american people deserve. jake taft. mr. president, um, a couple questions. one, i m wondering if you could comment on the recent spate of [inaudible] in afghanistan, what is being done about it, why? do your commanders tell you they think there has been an uptick in this kind of violence, and, second, with the economy still the focus of so many americans, what they can expect out of washington, if anything, when it comes to any attempt to bring some more economic growth to the country. um, on afghanistan, obviously, we ve been watching with deep concern the so-called green on blue attacks where you have afghan individuals, some of whom are actually enrolled in the afghan military, some in some cases dressing up as afghan military or police attacking coalition forces, including our
working families all across america and that s exactly the kind of debate the american people deserve. jake? thank you, mr. president. a couple questions. one, i m wondering if you can comment on the recent spate of green on blue incidents in afghanistan, what is being done about it and why. your commanders tell you they think there has been an uptick in this kind of violence. and second, with the economy an unemployment still the focus of so many americans, what they can expect in the next couple months out of washington, if anything, when it comes to any attempt to bring some more economic growth to the country. on afghanistan, obviously we have been watching with deep concern the so-called green on blue attacks, where you have afghan individuals, some of whom are actually enrolled in the afghan military, in some cases dressing up as afghan military