host: missy ryan covers the pentagon for reuters. the russian invasion took place in the late 1970's and early 1980's. guest: there is some evidence of iranian support for insurgents in afghanistan. i think it is unclear. it is a much more distant relationship than the relationship, if we're talking about outside powers, with pakistan. host: warren joins us from ohio. collor and i think the previous caller said head on most of it. isn't afghanistan the graveyard of empires? what makes us so arrogant as to think that we can bring up a middle ages country, or dark ages country, into the 21st century and make it stick? i do not understand that. and iran is up, for insurgents coming in. the government has already admitted that it is a pass 0.4 fighters to comment, not to mention the other weapons. another thing, about weapons, the kill cost ratio, the rocket- propelled parades, look at a cost of weapons systems that they can destroy and bring down. a cheap portable weapon, and we cannot fight a war like that. host: thank you for the call

that cannot happen overnight. >> we are talking to missy ryan. the president addressed the australian parliament. >> in afghanistan we have begun are responsible transition so afghans can take responsibility of their future and coalition forces can begin to draw down. with partners like australia, we struck major blows against on the pathput athat to defeat, so make -- against al qaeda and put them on the path to defeat. >> about 1500 australian troops in afghanistan. as you look at this transition and the responsibility we have, what lies ahead over the next 12 or 18 months? >> president obama is trying to draw down the troops he ordered into afghanistan after his 2009 strategy review. they will be withdrawn by the end of next summer. the white house is already asking for recommendations on troop levels for 2014, and we already expect there to be some sort of foreign u.s. military presence following 2014. we need to do that because afghan security forces will not be strong enough to operate on their own. we need a base to conduct operations in p

that cannot happen overnight. >> we are talking to missy ryan. the president addressed the australian parliament. >> in afghanistan we have begun are responsible transition so afghans can take responsibility of their future and coalition forces can begin to draw down. with partners like australia, we struck major blows against outside and put that on the path to defeat, so make -- against al qaeda and put them on the path to defeat. >> about 1500 australian troops in afghanistan. as you look at this transition and the responsibility we have, what lies ahead over the next 12 or 18 months? >> president obama is trying to draw down the troops he ordered into afghanistan after his 2009 strategy review. they will be withdrawn by the end of next summer. the white house is already asking for recommendations on troop levels for 2014, and we already expect there to be some sort of foreign u.s. military presence following 2014. we need to do that because afghan security forces will not be strong enough to operate on their own. we need a base to conduct ope

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