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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20100816:08:06:00

Real key element of this. we have since drawn up a number of other principles and guidelines which we provided up our operational chain of command. the level of u.s. troops is not the most pressing concern on the ground. the biggest obstacle, rampant corruption in the afghan government. president hamid karzai promised a crackdown but u.s. officials have awaited results. u.s. ambassador carl eikenberry defends karzai now but last fall he privately warned that karzai could not be trusted. my direct question is you made it clear that you did not trust him as a partner in this debate. that may not have been a view that you wanted public but there it is. have you changed your view about that and based on what? david, we have a very good ....

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20100816:08:57:00

And whether it has the stomach for what could happen here if the u.s. and its allies fail. for afghanistan, that s all for today. i ll be back next week from today. i ll be back next week from washington. ....

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20100816:06:40:00

Guidance of being nice to the people and so forth, they are much more responsible for civilian casualties that afghan forces. most recently they were distinguished by flogging and assassinating a pregnant woman. they have used children and teenagers to carry out attacks. what they have done is really quite egregious particularly in the context of the religion and in the context of the normal codes of conduct. let me ask you what is the biggest threat if there are few al qaeda that are actually operating in afghanistan today, you have outlined the sanctuary difficulty that you face that is in pakistan and this is a country that the united states pays billions of dollars to and yet some of that money is going to aid and abet insurgents and terrorists who are killing our troopers. i don t know that i would buy that. our money goes to the security ....

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20100816:08:39:00

North waziristan is one of those. they had operations in south waziristan and then there are some of the other agencies that they know. let me point out one other point if i could. what s interesting is the taliban leads from the rear. the taliban leads from pakistan and rank and file is just catching onto this. we actually see discussions among them and chatter among them and conversation wondering where their senior leaders are and wondering why he hasn t stepped food back in afghanistan or heard from in months and months. the senior leaders don t come in and share hardship and risk with troopers on the ground. they send messages. they do it by cell phone or what have you. that is actually going to be a problem for them as is what we have pointed out with our afghan partners much more in recent weeks and that is what the taliban have been doing despite their supposed counterinsurgency guidance of being nice to the ....

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20100816:08:35:00

Conflict resolution, land dispute, petty crime and so forth and if the government can t do that or won t do it or doesn t do it properly, that s when the taliban can appear to be an alternative and that s reality and we and our afghan partners are aware of that. it s one reason that we are supporting the civilian effort to enhance rule of law and so forth in a much more significant way than we have in the past. on this big point, how do you respond to critics who say, look, general, you have got to redefine your nation building goals for afghanistan. it is simply too much to accomplish dealing with a population too resistant to outsiders. we can t succeed at that. at the end of the day it s not about their embrace of us and not about us winning hearts and minds it s about the afghan government winning hearts and minds. this isn t to say there s any kind of objective of turning afghanistan into switzerland in three to five years or less. afghan good enough is good enough and that me ....

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