The Mongols tried it. The Mecadonians tasted it. The British were defeated. The Soviets left Afghanistan. What would 100,000 American troops be able to do in Afghanistan which 150,000 plus Soviet troops could not do?BIDEN: Mr. Ambassador, is Al Qaeda a greater threat to US interests in Iraq, or in the Afghan-Pakistan border region?

CROCKER: Mr. Chairman, al Qaeda is a strategic threat to the United States wherever it is-

BIDEN: Where is most of it? If you could take it out, you had a choice, the Lord Almighty came down and sat in the middle of the table there, and said, ‘Mr. Ambassador, you can eliminate every al Qaeda source in Afghanistan and Pakistan, or every al Qaeda personnel in Iraq, which would you pick?’

CROCKER: Well, given the progress that has been made against al Qaeda in Iraq, the significant decrease in its capabilities, the fact that it is solidly on the defensive and not in a position as far-

BIDEN: Which would you pick?

CROCKER: I would therefore pick Al Qaeda in the Pakistan-Afghanistan border area.

Joe Biden wants to pick either Iraq of Afghanistan to go after? Mr. Crocker the current Ambassador to Iraq and the former Ambassador to Pakistan attempted to say yes, but was forced into picking one or the other. Mr. Crokcer picked the Pakistan-Afghanistan border