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Pentagon Denies War in Afghanistan Bogging Down
The Pentagon on Friday denied that the ongoing war in Afghanistan was getting bogged down despite an intensive airstrike campaign of nearly three weeks.
"I don't personally believe that we are being bogged down or are getting bogged down," John Stufflebeem, deputy director of operation of the Pentagon's Joint Staff, said at a briefing.
"This is not a traditional force-on-force warfare," the rear admiral said. "We have to learn to have the patience to allow us to be able to achieve objectives," he added.
"Since we have this responsibility to defend ourselves and have built a campaign to be able to do that, the last thing we want to do is to overdrive our own headlights in trying to achieve an objective before it is ready to be consumed," Stufflebeem said.
Without providing any details, he indicated that the U.S. and British joint forces were ready to carry on the war in Afghanistan into the harsh winter.
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