After a fortnight of public embarrassment and discord among the highest echelons of US civilian and military authorities, General David Petraeus's confirmation as commander of the US campaign in Afghanistan signals that normal service can resume. But if there is one thing the entire sorry episode has done -- the interview given by General Petraeus's predecessor, General Stanley McChrystal, in which the latter's aides were openly contemptuous of senior government officials -- it is to highlight just how vexed the Afghanistan situation remains. More so, in light of the fast-approaching July 2011 deadline for the beginning of US troop drawdown.
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