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http://www.foxnews.com/search-results/m/26924302/rampant-corruption.htm
Video AND transcript. Transcript has some typos. McChrystal is referred to as “crystal.” I corrected some of it.
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Shep: “ the bottom of the hour it could be the starkest assessment yet of the rapidly declining situation in Afghanistan. The word that the war effort could be derailed regardless of whether we send ten or twenty or forty even 80000 more troops. The conclusion which really isn’t that surprising if you think about it. *Come (comes) from the top US commander on the ground *general stamina crystal (General McChrystal.) This is according to sources from the Pentagon to the Associated Press. — say that *generally crystal, (General McChrystal) was avoiding the *rampant government that,(ramped up troop) option in Afghanistan *what is now,(With us now,) senior fellow with the nonpartisan center for strategic and international studies Rick Nelson is with us. — specialty is counter terrorism Homeland Security. And defense related issues are good to see you
>thank you.
Shep: But he — up I mean this is a country where 10% of the people read. Where where voting fraud was so rampant across 800 different polling stations legitimacy of the Karzai government is very much in doubt. And now we wonder if it’s possible to nation build over there I’d like who’s surprised by this assessment.”

>” I don’t think a lot of people — and I think that’s one of the reasons why the president is taking time to make this decision to commit to extra troops to Afghanistan. We have to remember that the troops — originally there and even the president has said there — there to eliminate the threat of al-Qaeda. So no matter what we do *and (in) Afghanistan. *—(Whether) we solve the Afghanistan problem or not the fact remains that the terrorists still have a safe haven in Pakistan.

Shep:Yeah and OK it just seems like we keep fighting the wars in the wrong place. They have a safe haven in Pakistan so how do you figure out how to get the Pakistan they’re not even in Afghanistan largely anymore are they.

>Well absolutely not and Afghanistan because of lot of things have changed since September 11. The countries not the same it was even though the assessment is rather stark. We do obviously have a large US and NATO presence there there is some semblance of a government and there is — some stability relative to where it was before.”

Shep:” All right if if is is do you — the assessment that many of the Afghan people again as I mentioned illiterates. Do you do you *—(agree with) the assessment that that they may come to believe that we’re the enemy. And that they would side with those who were wanting to do us harm as our numbers increase — potentially. *Life.” (Loss of life.)

>” He could the issue we need to be concerned about what our numbers increasing Afghanistan is not so much the population. Of Afghanistan but the more so the militant Pakistan military in Pakistan and I *—(ISI) side. Clearly they’re the ones that were going to rely on — need to win this war against terrorism as — no longer called. And those are the individuals that we need to be most *—(reliant on.) Troop increases in Afghanistan US troop increases will definitely serve contrary to that purpose and so so as you look at this thing in the big picture.

Shep: *What we do.(So what do we do?)

>Well that’s a great question obviously and one of the president is weighing very very heavily right now.”

>I think the mistake when we can’t make is to assume that
the only option is to commit additional troops and that we must stabilize Afghanistan and must move forward. That is an open ended commitment. That may as you pointed out — may or may not result in — solution to the problem of terrorism. And global terrorism in Pakistan. Yemen’s small — other places and I think it deserves it adjusted due deliberation.”

Shep: You just and due deliberation is under way Rick Nelson senior fellow for the center for strategic and international studies — great to see thanks for coming. Thank — shut.”