doubt about it. the army posts were clearly inside of the pakistan territory. and that is what nato will try to determine in the investigation according to one military analyst. where were the pakistanies and afghans and where were they directed in the ordinance. if all of those come out okay. it is an error of judgment. if the bombs didn t land where it is supposed to land, it is it an error in technology. and a white house spokesman said civil and military officials were in touch with pakistani counter parts and express our commitment to the u.s.-pakistan partnership. harris. molly, thank you. and former vice chief-of-staff of the army and retired four star generall jack key will join us. beilget his insight on many
the two terrorist groups maintain close ties under bin laden s leadership. so will his death have an impact on the fighting in afghanistan? let s bring in retired four-star general jack keane. former vice chief of staff of the u.s. army. also a fox news military analyst. we know we re a couple months away from a drawdown already announced by the president. he said we ll start pulling troops out of afghanistan in july. the question is, how many troops, right? well, general petraeus will go through analysis to do that. it will be pretty much made up of what the conditions on the ground are. i suspect that the number of troops that come out will probably not be large for this reason. we have just turned the momentum around. jon: we have. significantly in the south. in kandahar province and helmand province. this is where the taliban maintained their strong hold. to maintain that momentum, we ll need most of those forces. jon: what about the big attack that the taliban launched in kand
military. that s where his power base comes from. when that s gone, it s going to affect him, it will also affect his inner circle and they don t force them out, then the rebels can march on tripoli unimpeded and the forces do not impact anymore on the rebels. kelly: general, i know you don t have a crystal ball, you re a general and commanded the troops in battle. tell me how this plays out in your opinion. what do you forsee? well, i think there s probably some negotiating going on in terms of what to do with gaddafi outside of libya and i m hoping that that option will be on the table. if not, it will take some more time, but we ll destroy the rest of gaddafi s forces, at least render them ineffective and the rebels will have to march to tripoli and that will force his removal. kelly: all right. general, former vice chief of staff of the u.s. army and a fox news analyst, thank you for joining us, sir, have a
joining us is the former vice chief of staff of the u.s. army and military analyst, thank you for joining us today. we ll get to the point here, how smooth will the commission and command and control be for the n.a.t.o. forces? well, it s a welcome one and definitely be smooth and this will get us back to what we had. and that is unity of command. one person in charge, directing all missions. it s much bet are for our crews in terms of reducing the risk and clearly much more affect in the use of the air assets on the scene. that s important because of what s taking place on the ground there in libya, knowing that rebels have been able to reclaim the city, the oil area of ajdabiya, once the role takes place and changes command and control. what will the role be for the united states involvement? i think in the near term, the role the united states has is not going to change and that is they re going to continue to engage these committed forces of gaddafis,