US Open To Reconciling With Taliban: Commander

US General Stanley McChrystal

From AFP:

WASHINGTON — The top commander of US and NATO forces in Afghanistan on Tuesday vowed coalition forces would prevail in the war and said he was open to reconciling with rank-and-file insurgents.

"We will win. The Taliban won't win. But we will also have to deal through good and bad days, and good and bad months," General Stanley McChrystal told US National Public Radio.

The US commander's comments came after he told the Wall Street Journal in an interview published Monday that the Taliban had momentum in the war and that NATO-led forces had to "stop their initiative."

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My Comment: I am sure there is going to be some form of rapprochement .... but not today.

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