Pentagon: Nothing ‘Urgent Or Precarious’ About Afghanistan

thinkprogress.org — During today’s Pentagon daily briefing, spokesman Geoff Morrell disputed a reporter’s characterization of Afghanistan as “desperate.” Mocking the question, Morrell insisted there was nothing “urgent or precarious about the situation” there. In May, June, and July, coalition casualties in Afghanistan topped those in Iraq. Aug 5, 2008 View in Crawl 4