{"id":6867,"date":"2010-02-18T12:37:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-18T17:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/merkley-returns-from-afghanistan-with-more-questions-than-answers\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T11:11:26","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T15:11:26","slug":"merkley-returns-from-afghanistan-with-more-questions-than-answers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/merkley-returns-from-afghanistan-with-more-questions-than-answers\/","title":{"rendered":"Merkley regresa de Afganist\u00e1n con m\u00e1s preguntas que respuestas"},"content":{"rendered":"

WASHINGTON\u2014<\/strong> El senador de Oreg\u00f3n, Jeff Merkley, admiti\u00f3 el jueves que los desaf\u00edos en Afganist\u00e1n son "inmensos" y que, si Estados Unidos quiere tener \u00e9xito, debe embarcarse en un esfuerzo de construcci\u00f3n nacional a gran escala y a largo plazo.<\/p>\n

Al mismo tiempo, sin embargo, Merkley dijo que un compromiso tan costoso y a largo plazo puede no ser lo mejor para los intereses de Estados Unidos y que cualquier enfoque que se siga debe explicarse de manera clara y convincente.<\/p>\n

Merkley proporcion\u00f3 su evaluaci\u00f3n despu\u00e9s de una visita rel\u00e1mpago de dos d\u00edas a Afganist\u00e1n como parte de una visita oficial del Congreso. Junto con sus colegas, la senadora Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., y el representante Baron HIll, D-Ind., Merkley se reuni\u00f3 con altos funcionarios militares y l\u00edderes afganos en Kabul y se aventur\u00f3 a una provincia del norte para reunirse con l\u00edderes tribales.<\/p>\n

El viaje, dijo Merkley a los periodistas en una conferencia telef\u00f3nica durante una escala en Bruselas, fue agotador.<\/p>\n

\u201cHan sido ocho d\u00edas muy intensos\u201d, dijo Merkley sobre un viaje que incluy\u00f3 escalas en Kuwait, Pakist\u00e1n e India, adem\u00e1s de Afganist\u00e1n. El grupo tiene previsto regresar a los Estados Unidos el viernes.<\/p>\n

Tambi\u00e9n expuso las fuerzas complicadas que afectan a la regi\u00f3n y, en gran medida, la probabilidad de que la OTAN y Estados Unidos tengan \u00e9xito.<\/p>\n

\u201cHay una verdadera sensaci\u00f3n de impulso\u201d, dijo Merkley, refiri\u00e9ndose a la ofensiva liderada por Estados Unidos en \u00e1reas del pa\u00eds controladas por los talibanes. \u201cLos ataques contra los talibanes han tenido mucho \u00e9xito\u201d.<\/p>\n

Al mismo tiempo, Merkley dijo que el general Stanley A. McChrystal, el principal comandante en la regi\u00f3n, admiti\u00f3 durante una conversaci\u00f3n que no hay garant\u00eda de que la estrategia de incremento funcione. Pero, McChrystal le dijo a Merkley que es la mejor estrategia hasta ahora.<\/p>\n

\u201cCometimos un gran error hace ocho a\u00f1os al ocupar Afganist\u00e1n en lugar de\u201d adoptar un enfoque m\u00e1s integral como se persigue ahora, dijo Merkley. \u201cEsta es la construcci\u00f3n de la naci\u00f3n. Estamos construyendo instituciones gubernamentales. Estamos construyendo la econom\u00eda. Estamos construyendo todo\u201d.<\/p>\n

Merkley agreg\u00f3: \u201cDespu\u00e9s de a\u00f1os en los que Afganist\u00e1n fue descuidado (por Estados Unidos), ahora hay impulso\u201d.<\/p>\n

Si bien Merkley dijo que hay signos de progreso a medida que el gobierno central se estabiliza y Al-Qaeda se ve acorralado, evadi\u00f3 c\u00f3mo podr\u00eda votar en el futuro cuando se le solicite al Congreso que proporcione fondos para la guerra. El costo, dijo, es enorme.<\/p>\n

"Tenemos que seguir preguntando, \u00bfcu\u00e1l es nuestra estrategia final?" \u00e9l dijo.<\/p>\n

Adem\u00e1s de los objetivos militares y de seguridad, Merkley dijo que hay una docena de objetivos dif\u00edciles que deben abordarse si el pa\u00eds quiere estabilizarse y gobernarse efectivamente. Incluyen todo, desde aliviar la pobreza paralizante hasta atacar el analfabetismo generalizado y frenar el tr\u00e1fico de drogas. Hay cuestiones culturales tambi\u00e9n que deben ser resueltas. Los l\u00edderes tribales, dijo, no siempre tienen las mismas prioridades que el gobierno nacional. Tambi\u00e9n se debe reducir la corrupci\u00f3n en el propio gobierno.<\/p>\n

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