Petraeus: Training Afghans Now Is Like "Designing and Building An Advanced Aircraft While It's In Flight"

From Freedom's Lighthouse:

Petraeus: Training Afghans During Insurgency Like “Building Advanced Aircraft While in Flight” – Video


Here is a video report saying that Gen. David Petraeus told a Senate Hearing yesterday that “it will be years” before Afghan Forces can fully take over the fight against The Taliban in Afghanistan.



Petraeus provided a striking analogy for what we are trying to do in Afghanistan:





“Indeed, trying to train and equip host nation forces in the midst of an insurgency is akin to building an advanced aircraft while it is in flight, while it is being designed, and while it is being shot at.”