War in Afghanistan ‘could be lost by summer’
Feb 10, 2009 Afghanistan
By Alex Spillius in Washington for Telegraph.co.uk
The assessment of Col John Nagl, who is consulting the US government as it conducts four separate policy reviews on Afghanistan, comes amid fears that unless the insurgents’ advance is halted, Afghanistan will become the new president’s Vietnam.
Adm Mullen has said he expected to announce the deployment of a further 30,000 US troops soon, even though the Obama administration is waiting to evaluate the reviews.
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