General Petraeus: Afghan War Could Last Another 100 Years

Monday, June 19, 2017
By Paul Martin

Sean Adl-Tabatabai
YourNewsWire.com
June 18, 2017

A senior US commander has admitted that the war with Afghanistan is likely to last at least another 100 years.

According to General David Petraeus, American troops may stay on Afghan soil for a “long-haul” mission that will span several decades of “generational struggle.”

Rt.com reports: The current war in Afghanistan is unlikely to end in the foreseeable future, David Petraeus, who led the US military campaign there back in the 2000s, told PBS News Hour.

Though the retired General argued that “we went there for a reason and we stayed for a reason,” to defeat Al-Qaeda following the 9/11 attacks, he hinted that “a generational struggle” may unfold in the war-ravaged country.

“This is not something that is going to be won in a few years. We’re not going to take a hill, plant a flag, go home to a victory parade,” he said. “And we need to be there for the long haul, but in a way, that is, again, sustainable,” he added.

To back his remarkable statement, he cited other examples of US deployments in other parts of the world that have lasted decades.

“We have been in Korea for 65-plus years because there is an important national interest for that,” Petraeus said.

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