nine eleven atrocities masterminded from the country by osama bin laden retired army general stanley mcchrystal says the u.s. began the occupation with a frighteningly simplistic view and still have no idea how to end the conflict successfully meantime in the war zone american bases are still expanding providing its full time personnel with all the comforts of home jason has visited for r.t. . if the united states is drawing its troops from afghanistan why is its largest base getting bigger when u.s. led forces overran the teleport of late two thousand and one bug a mere field is little more than a flight tower in a cracked roadway since then the former soviet base in the plains north of the afghan capital has grown into a small city itself over twenty five thousand full time personnel fleets of military and cargo aircraft with enough equals to cause traffic jams in the expansion is no way aided by scores of contractors u.s. military engineers are constructing new housing and storage facilities to make room for even more many more hardware after sending an extra thirty thousand troops to afghan

stanley mcchrystal said he a frightening bleak implicit afghanistan. of the u.s. and nato are only 67 of the way from reaching the goal. they commanded u.s. forces. it to issue a move by president obama for making controversial comments. economictry's growing.are held a vigil last night. their calls have gained a lot of attention. >> it is candle lit evidence the movement must not easily be dismissed. >> we're in it until something starts to change. >> you have to do it here. country, theythe to feed off one another. demonstrators had to be pulled a bank. in austin is a demand for lower utility rates. in portland, a fury over politics. at a hastily called president, they called themselves the other 99%. >> protesters are giving voice to a more broadbased frustration how the system works. overof it was directed criminal charges. they were in the previous administration. thesuch a grand goals, protesters make a little satisfaction knowing their message has been sent. >> i would say it is the first step. >>> state and local governments federalarn more about relief fo

commander in afghanistan made some bold .omments steny stanley mcchrystal says that u.s. had a surprisingly simple the expectation of afghanistan when it entered. commanded u.s. forces in 2009 and 2010 until he was removed by obama from making it making controversial about the obama administration and. the latestain is the republican scheduled to come here to our region to more. there will be a book signing at the cost of tomorrow at noon. justonditions are the first perfect for of october. something to celebrate and savor. remember what was happening a week ago when we had clouds that would not go the cold and chilly rain for the weekend. fear not. there will be no repeat of that. there is absolutely nothing going on for the next few days. but once again, into the 70's. this has kept our temperatures bit, into the 50's. but there is more the same on top. the skyline drive. a will tell you more about the color. movingf great things are on this weekend. i will show you in a few minutes. disturbingup, a thing on a school bus. a child was slapped and kicked disturbing identi

. >>> retired army general stanley mcchrystal says the u.s. entered the war in afghanistan with too little knowledge about the country. today marks the tenth anniversary of the conflict. >>> now here's an early look at how wall street will kick off the day. the dow opens at 11,123 after gaining 183 points. the s&p rose 20 points. the nasdaq went up 46. taking a look at overseas trading this morning, in tokyo, the nikkei added 83 points while in hong kong the hang seng grew 534. >>> there's no short-term fix to europe's debt problems but for now investors are encouraged its leaders are working on a solution. at a meeting yesterday europe's leaders promised unlimited one-year loans to the region's lenders through 2013. that should help ease fears of financial instability and offer added protection in the event of a greek default. financials rallied here at home, including morgan stanley, which has taken a beating over fears of its exposure to european banks. back to school sales lifted most retailers providing some much needed confidence in the

. >>> retired army general stanley mcchrystal says the u.s. entered the war in afghanistan with too little knowledge about the country. today marks the tenth anniversary of the conflict. >>> at the trial of michael jackson's doctor, attorneys said the pop star's fingerprints were not found on the syringes, vials or other medical paraphernalia in the bedroom where he died, undercutting the defense's theory that jackson had given himself the fatal drug dose. >>> a federal task force says most men should not routinely get a widely used blood test to check for prostate cancer. the panel says the exam doesn't save lives and leads to unnecessary surgery and complications. the recommendation comes from the same panel that set off a firestorm of controversy when it said women in their 40s should no longer get routine mammograms. >>> and congresswoman gabrielle giffords returned to washington yesterday, nine months after being shot in the head. giffords was in the capitol for retirement ceremony for her husband, former astronaut mark kel kelly. they we

. >>> retired army general stanley mcchrystal says we entered the war with too little knowledge about the country. today is the tenth anniversary of the conflict. >>> a federal task force says most men should not routinely get a widely used blood test to check for prostate cancer. the panel says the exam doesn't save lives and leads to unnecessary surgery and complications. the recommendation comes from the very same panel that set off a firestorm of controversy when it said women in their 40s shut no longer get routine mammograms. >>> congresswoman gabrielle giffords returned to washington nine months after being shot in the head. she was there for a retirement ceremony for her husband former astronaut mark kelly. they were given a standing ovation there. good picture. >>> well, your first look at how wall street starts the day, 11,123 after gaining 183 and the s&p rose 20 point, the nasdaq went up 46. taking a look at overseas trading in tokyo. the nikkei added 83 while in hong kong the hang seng grew 534. >>> no short taif term fix to europe's debt problems but for now investors ar

. ♪ ♪ >>> sharp criticism for afghan commander stanley mcchrystal who says the u.s. decade ago with frighteningly simplicity views of that country and that we still lack the knowledge that could help bring the war to an end. if you want to sound smart tell your friends the war in afghanistan has cost u.s. taxpayers at least $450 billion and 1796 troops have been killed. we tell thaw because today is the tenth anniversary of the first day of that war. enough with the real news. let's huddle around the water cooler to watch a heart felt good-bye to steve jobs from a man who doesn't normally do that. colbert begs and pleads apple for a free sample and always gets one. last night, he paid tribute to his friend steve jobs. >> all day newsmen have been quoting jobs inspiring words through the years. like his engaging keynote announcement, his philosophical 2005 stanford commencement speech and the soaring rhetoric of the itunes terms and conditions. but on a personal note i was one of the few that could call him a close friend in that he communicated with me once. the morn

commander stanley mcchrystal says america's only around hald way towards completing its me the true goals with it frighteningly simplistic understanding of the country partly to blame. the interim government to see this is in the lead and launch the biggest the time period one a penalty down his last remaining stronghold so bad but they stick resistance. and go over the rule of balance is gaining momentum in new york as demonstrations from the occupy wall street protests blood the streets of the beat down. next to an archie beyond the want to show a decade old from the start of the war in afghanistan the show asked why u.s. forces are still that.

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worse and last week the former commander of the coalition forces in afghanistan retired general stanley mcchrystal brought more about news speaking at the council on foreign relations mcchrystal said that we are maybe a little better than halfway toward reaching our goals in this war he went on to say this about the planning going into the war quote we didn't know enough we still don't know enough most of us me included had a very superficial understanding of the situation and history and we had a frighteningly simplistic view of recent history the last fifty years and quick. as a result here we are ten years later and agree out a way to come back home so how can we do just that your help us answer that is jonathan steele a journalist and foreign correspondent with the guardian newspaper and author of the new book ghosts of afghanistan the hunted battleground jonathan welcome let's let's start with a little history here the coaches that mcchrystal talked about how the bush administration had a superficial understanding of history now i think your book the title of it relates this it's called ghost

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afghanistan commander stanley mcchrystal stayed they had a frighteningly simplistic view when it invaded and that's why the war has lasted 10 years. this is a flag draped protests casket of a u.s. soldier killed in afghanistan arriving at dover air force base yesterday. president obama has called for 30,000 of the 1,000 troops there now to leave this summer. the goal to ends the war in late 2014. we talked to the antiwar members of congress this week who said she is skeptical whether there is really a time line for bringing troops out of the war zone. every time a date is put before us, moves farther away >>> gop candidate mitt romney is criticizing president obama's handling of the war in afghanistan. i will have more on that during the next update in about an hour. for now we are live in weighing d.c., alison burns. ktvu news. >>> 1,782 american men and women have been killed. more than 10,000 afghan civilians have died in the bombings. death toll for militants is estimated at more than 10,000. >>> former libyan leader moammar gadhafi has released a message. he calls on libyans to take

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troops in afghanistan, general stanley mcchrystal, is saying we began the war with a frightingly simplistic view ten years ago today. >> on my orders, the united states military has begun strikes against al qaeda terrorist training camps and military installations on the taliban regime in afghanistan. these carefully-targeted actions are designed to disrupt afghanistan. >> that marked the start of the longest war in u.s. history. 1,790 u.s. troops have been killed there. where are we a decade later and what should happen moving forward? joining me now is congressman adam smith and sebastian junger. thanks to both of you for being with us. congressman, let me start with you, because obviously the country is in a different place than 2001. after spending $338 billion on this war alone, americans are asking can we afford it, where do you think we are right now? >> i think the focus always needs to be on our national security interest. when we started the war in afghanistan, it was in direct response to 9/11. this is where the plotters were, and we went in there to make sure they could not carr

an officer, not well known at the time, but is now, stanley mcchrystal, he was the commander of the mission, and he decided i'm going to break down wall. this is too valuable to keep inside my joint special operations command to run for missions. we have to push this out to the world. he declassified more than 800 files on jihads giving to command, west point for academic research, and then the most really revolutionary idea, he gave it to the state department where the new ambassador for counterterrorism was an old battle buddy of his, a retired three star general who was the state department's top officer for counterterrorism. general daly, and ambassador daly went to countries in the middle east, countries that were p -- that were friends with the u.s., partners, and even rocky relations, and he'd walk in with his credentials in his ambassador suit and laid out for the ministry, their officers, all of this data. look, guys, this is not american propaganda. these are jr. passports, your travel documents that show that these jihad jihadis come from your country. a number of them come back

his name is stanley mcchrystal. he was the commander of this mission and he decides i'm going to break down walls. this is simply too valuable to keep inside my joint special operations command to run more missions. we need to push this out to the world. so he declassified more than 800 files on 800 jihadi's. he gave it to special operations command. he gave it to west point to do some academic research and then do really revolutionary idea, he gave it to the state department, where the new ambassador for counterterrorism was an old battle buddy of his, a retired three-star general named del daily could become the state department's top officer for counterterrorism. general daily/ambassador daley went across the middle east to countries that for were friends of the u.s., countries that were partners of the u.s. and countries whom we had very rocky relations. he had walked in with his generals credentials, his ambassador suit and laid out for the interior ministry, justice officials, their intelligence officers. he s

. >> reporter: it was mullen who told the president he should send general stanley mcchrystal to afghanistanrecommendation which ran disastrously aground when mcchrystal and his aides were quoted in rolling stone magazine as being disrespectful of their civilian leaders in washington. >> when that article broke, he literally called me as i had it on my desk. i was sick. i mean literally sick in the stomach. >> reporter: sick about what? sick at the disrespect? sick at "this was your guy"? >> sick that our commander in afghanistan was, from my perspective, immediately in jeopardy. i was stunned, and i knew it was big trouble. >> reporter: the president fired mcchrystal. one of the low points of mullen's four years in office. this was the unquestioned high point, watching the raid that got bin laden. >> i had extremely high confidence that we could execute the raid. i went out and watched them rehearse. >> reporter: you watched a rehearsal of the raid. >> i did. >> reporter: did you talk to them? >> i did. i get to meet them all and look them in the eye. >> reporter: were they confident? >> th

>> nick, on that point, the former coalition commander, stanley mcchrystal said last week that the jobint. you just talked about enthusiasm and excitement for the mission there. did you find anyone who agrees with mcchrystal's assessment? >> reporter: i think it's difficult for many of the troops here. they know that support for this and finance for this war is plummeting back home in the united states. general mcchrystal known for his candor, as you recall. he lost his job from him and his team being to can date in" stone maeg". perhaps another ten years necessary to complete america's goals. soldiers here will find that also hard to hear. particularly given that even when the surge starts to withdraw, the end of next year, there will still be 68,000 americans here. >> nick walsh for us in kabul this morning. thank you. >>> a toll of war tough for both u.s. troops and their families. but you can impact their world. you can help them out. go to cnn.com/impact your world and learn how to honor those killed in action tore ways to help their families survive. take a look. >>> also, you've

general stanley mcchrystal says the u.s. war without understanding the region. >> we didn't know enough and still don't know enough. most of us, me included, had a very superficial understanding of the situation in u.s. history and a frightingly simplistic view of cent history. >> u.s. troops have done more than one tour of duty. sometimes, the stress is more than they can handle. >> reporter: it began when they landed in bag ram. ten years of jet fuel, faith and now, fatigue. here, you can see what it takes to carry on through this decade's wars. lieutenant colonel eric albertson is champiplain to thousands. >> number of our soldiers on their third, fourth, some cases, fifth tour, there is a fatigue factor. emotionally drained, physically tired. we've had instances where soldiers have taken their own lives here. that's tragic. we've had about six or seven since i've been here. when someone takes their own life, there's almost a sense of you know, you've reached out to me for everything else, why didn't you reach out to me t

and general stanley mcchrystal said yesterday we're maybe 50% of where we need to go.white house's position on where things are, would you concur that there is, in fact, a significant risk? >> i was enormously candid just moments ago, that there is, there are significant challenges in afghanistan as we strive to meet the goals set out, laid out by the president, and part of that process was to make the goals clear and focused as opposed to broad and unfocused which they had been in the past. and we continue to work towards achieving those goals. remember, the principle goal was to disrupt, dismantle and ultimately defeat al-qaeda. i don't think there's any dispute that we have had some success in achieving that goal, although there is work still to be done. it is also to prevent the government of -- the space of the afghan government as it continues to take control and to give us time to train up afghan national security forces which we are doing. and that process is continuing. and, again, 2014 -- as you stated, it's 2011 now, 2014 is when we will hand over lead, secu

and i have a code in the books and general stanley mcchrystal, who was the general in charge of the specialces troops that i write about and who was also the general in charge of afghanistan until he resigned over some remarks he made to the "rolling stone" magazine. he is the person -- he's the brains behind creating the military force that was able to kill more al qaeda and more terrorists around the world certainly than the cia, more than any other units. and even he says that the strikes can be counterproductive and have been good because every time you killed the wrong person, every time you destroy a home or village, you created blowback for yourself to live on for generations. it is not antiseptic and the strikes. another hand i estimate they have really diminished the ranks of al qaeda. now the law of war just quickly, you know, there are some who argue that we're extending the battlefield back to the united states because these drones are operated from the united states. and you know, and allowed for it might be a legitimate target if you you're going after anatomy to strike the pl