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U.S. Army General David Petraeus told a crowd in Independence that just as it took decades to win the Cold War, the same is true in the fight against the Taliban and Al-Qaeda.
America's top commander in Afghanistan was in the metro at an event at the Community of Christ Auditorium sponsored by the Truman Library Institute to honor veterans of the Korean War, which began 60 years ago this week.
Nearly 34,000 Americans died and another 92,000 were injured in the war that is often called America's 'Forgotten War,' and Petraeus says that he wants to make sure doesn't happen.
Petraeus told an audience of about 400 Korean War vets that just as they faced a new kind of threat 60 years ago, so do our troops in the Middle East today. He called the July 2011 deadline for beginning to withdraw American troops from Afghanistan appropriate, but he says that it does creates a sense of urgency for all involved to begin transferring control of the nation to Afghan people.
"It's likely to get harder before it got easier and that has proven to be correct, as it was in Iraq," said Petraeus. "When you take away the enemy sanctuary, safe havens that they have established over preceding years, they will fight you for that. That is what is going on."
Petraeus says the last of the 30,000 additional troops being sent to Afghanistan should be on the ground by August.
President Harry S. Truman's grandson, Clifton Truman Daniel, told the audience on Monday that sending the military to Korea Truman's most difficult decision as president. Nearly 1.8 million American troops fought in Korea, and one representative from South Korea said that Koreans will not forget the sacrifices Americans made that allowed South Korea to become an economic power in the world today.
"Korean war veterans, you are our heroes," said Chul Huh. "You came to an unknown land in your youth, fought for freedom and defended my country. Without your sacrifice, Korea would not be what it is today. The world would not be what it is today."
America's top commander in Afghanistan was in the metro at an event at the Community of Christ Auditorium sponsored by the Truman Library Institute to honor veterans of the Korean War, which began 60 years ago this week.
Nearly 34,000 Americans died and another 92,000 were injured in the war that is often called America's 'Forgotten War,' and Petraeus says that he wants to make sure doesn't happen.
Petraeus told an audience of about 400 Korean War vets that just as they faced a new kind of threat 60 years ago, so do our troops in the Middle East today. He called the July 2011 deadline for beginning to withdraw American troops from Afghanistan appropriate, but he says that it does creates a sense of urgency for all involved to begin transferring control of the nation to Afghan people.
"It's likely to get harder before it got easier and that has proven to be correct, as it was in Iraq," said Petraeus. "When you take away the enemy sanctuary, safe havens that they have established over preceding years, they will fight you for that. That is what is going on."
Petraeus says the last of the 30,000 additional troops being sent to Afghanistan should be on the ground by August.
President Harry S. Truman's grandson, Clifton Truman Daniel, told the audience on Monday that sending the military to Korea Truman's most difficult decision as president. Nearly 1.8 million American troops fought in Korea, and one representative from South Korea said that Koreans will not forget the sacrifices Americans made that allowed South Korea to become an economic power in the world today.
"Korean war veterans, you are our heroes," said Chul Huh. "You came to an unknown land in your youth, fought for freedom and defended my country. Without your sacrifice, Korea would not be what it is today. The world would not be what it is today."
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