US: Victory in Afghanistan will not be 'quick' or 'easy' : Obama
Tue Aug 18 04:00:01 EST 2009
PHOENIX, Arizona, Aug 17 AFP - US President Barack Obama warned on Monday that victory over insurgents in Afghanistan would not be "quick" or "easy," days before an election there marred by rising Taliban violence.
"The insurgency in Afghanistan didn't just happen overnight," Obama told the Veterans of Foreign Wars service organisation in the southwestern state of Arizona.
"We won't defeat it overnight. This will not be quick. This will not be easy," Obama said, ahead of Thursday's election in Afghanistan which has been threatened by Taliban violence and rising deaths among US and allied troops.
