{"id":5680,"date":"2012-10-04T14:15:33","date_gmt":"2012-10-04T18:15:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goldstocksforex.com\/?p=5680"},"modified":"2012-10-04T14:15:33","modified_gmt":"2012-10-04T18:15:33","slug":"british-general-warns-against-hasty-withdrawal-from-afghanistan-washington-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2012\/10\/04\/british-general-warns-against-hasty-withdrawal-from-afghanistan-washington-times\/","title":{"rendered":"British general warns against hasty withdrawal from Afghanistan &#8211; Washington Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>British Army Lt. Gen. Adrian Bradshaw, deputy commander of NATO forces in Afghanistan, quoted by Kristina Wong of The Washington Times:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThis year, we\u2019ve seen the enemy pushed further into the margins, away from the population centers. We\u2019ve seen signs of pressure in our intelligence reporting, of shortages of finance and equipment,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve seen their leadership now showing divisions at the middle levels and at the high levels, concluding that they\u2019re not going to achieve their aims by military means alone,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow, the enemy will continue to throw challenges at us; of course, he will. But he knows he cannot achieve his political aims now through military means. So this is the time to hold our resolve.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>via <a href='http:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2012\/oct\/3\/british-general-warns-against-hasty-withdrawal-fro\/'>British general warns against hasty withdrawal from Afghanistan &#8211; Washington Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>British Army Lt. Gen. Adrian Bradshaw, deputy commander of NATO forces in Afghanistan, quoted by Kristina Wong of The Washington Times: \u201cThis year, we\u2019ve seen the enemy pushed further into the margins, away from the population centers. We\u2019ve seen signs of pressure in our intelligence reporting, of shortages of finance and equipment,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019ve &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2012\/10\/04\/british-general-warns-against-hasty-withdrawal-from-afghanistan-washington-times\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;British general warns against hasty withdrawal from Afghanistan &#8211; Washington Times&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[136,2413,3325],"class_list":["post-5680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-countries-regions","tag-afghanistan","tag-nato","tag-taliban"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>British general warns against hasty withdrawal from Afghanistan - Washington Times - the patient investor<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"British general warns against hasty withdrawal from Afghanistan - Washington Times - the patient investor\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"British Army Lt. 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