Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld questioned whether the United States was doing enough to win the war on terrorism, citing "mixed results" in the fight against al-Qaida in a pointed memo to top Pentagon (news - web sites) officials.
Rumsfeld said the U.S.-led coalitions would win in Afghanistan (news - web sites) and Iraq (news - web sites), but not without "a long, hard slog." He wrote that the United States "has made reasonable progress in capturing or killing the top 55 Iraqis" but has made "somewhat slower progress" tracking down top Taliban leaders who sheltered al-Qaida in Afghanistan.
"My impression is that we have not yet made truly bold moves, although we have made many sensible, logical moves in the right direction, but are they enough?" Rumsfeld wrote
USA Today has this on its front page, by the way.
I will say this: he's asking questions that are totally legitimate. How can we win this? In the origional case of Afghanistan, removing the Taliban was the right step. I think more aid toward that country is needed too. I'm not quite sure what he means by "bold moves." I thought "Shock and Awe" was supposed to be that "bold" move, considering they want us to think that Iraq was just another step in the War on Terror.
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