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| Goals in Afghanistan attainable |
| Obama: Goals in Afghanistan attainable
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 2-August-2010
3:31:33 AM |
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President Barack Obama, facing public doubts about his ability to turn the tide in the unpopular Afghanistan war, said on Sunday his goals there are both modest and attainable.
Obama administration officials are struggling to measure success in the nine-year-old war ahead of a December strategy review. The president and other officials have been emphasizing that their aim is fighting al Qaeda, not building a US-style democracy.
"Nobody thinks that Afghanistan is going to be a model Jeffersonian democracy," Obama told in an interview.
"What we're looking to do is difficult but it's a fairly modest goal, which is: Don't allow terrorists to operate from this region. Don't allow them to create big training camps and to plan attacks on the US homeland with impunity. That can be accomplished."
The release of thousands of classified documents by the website WikiLeaks has helped to fan doubts about the war. July was the deadliest month for US forces since the conflict started in 2001
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