NATO's Afghanistan Support Is "Wavering"

LONDON (Reuters) - NATO members are wavering in their political commitment to Afghanistan, one of the alliance's top commanders said on Monday, describing the near seven-year campaign against the Taliban as disjointed.

Pointing to more than 70 "caveats" that give individual countries a veto over certain operations, and the fact that troop commitments remain unfulfilled, General John Craddock said he was fearful the operation was being short-changed.

"We are demonstrating a political will that is in my judgment sometimes wavering," Craddock, a U.S. general and NATO's Supreme Allied Commander Europe, said in a speech to policymakers and defense analysts in London.

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Comments

[MilwaukeeDan]

It's time to put this Cold War relic to rest. Our crumbling empire can't afford it anyway.

[cdnnewsjunky]

Wavering support? When British and Canada troops have to resort to leasing helicopters from other NATO countries, I'd call that zero support!

[Whinger]

NATO has woken up and smelled the coffee, they have realised the war will be never ending!

The native population have nowhere to go, NATO will stay, but prefer to go!

[MilwaukeeDan]

There is also the problem of trying to spread capitalism at gunpoint. We don't understand their society and they don't want to be like us. The reason the Soviets failed and NATO(USA) will fail is that Afghanistan has no infastructure and they have nothing to lose. Bill Gates isn't going to open up a new Microsoft plant there, nor is GM an auto assembly plant. Kosovo is another great example of NATO nationbuilding at a point of a gun, it's basically a drug running welfare state.