05-12-2011, 03:56 PM
Great interview with Gen. Petraues aired on Frontline last week. It was taped in january, so pre-OBL killing, but there is quite a lot of foreshadowing of that. Good info on Afghanistan, though I find it all quite discouraging/depressing.
Frontline: But there have been others who were arrested at the time who have been since released, and there is at least the allegation that the Pakistanis do know where quite a few of these other leaders are. Do you think they could actually make more of an impact in, for example, putting pressure on the leaders of Quetta shura [leadership council] who are living within their borders?
Gen. Petraeus: We've actually had conversations on this very recently, and in fact there has been a request for information and so forth and pledges that there is a willingness to see what's possible, and so we will see.
Read more: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/...z1M9cOcNYl
Frontline: But there have been others who were arrested at the time who have been since released, and there is at least the allegation that the Pakistanis do know where quite a few of these other leaders are. Do you think they could actually make more of an impact in, for example, putting pressure on the leaders of Quetta shura [leadership council] who are living within their borders?
Gen. Petraeus: We've actually had conversations on this very recently, and in fact there has been a request for information and so forth and pledges that there is a willingness to see what's possible, and so we will see.
Read more: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/...z1M9cOcNYl