Video Unearthed: Obama 2008 "Losing Is Not An Option" In Afghanistan

Obama in his own words in an interview with CBS's Lara Logan in Afghanistan

Obama: "This is where they can plan attacks. They have sanctuary here. They are gathering huge amounts of money as a consequence of the drug trade in the region. And so that global network is centered in this area. And I think one of the biggest mistakes we've made strategically after 9/11 was to fail to finish the job here, focus our attention here. We got distracted by Iraq.

Obama on the long haul:
"And despite what the Bush Administration has argued, I don't think there's any doubt that we were distracted from our efforts not only to hunt down al-Qaeda and the Taliban, but also to rebuild this country so that people have confidence that we were to here to stay over the long haul, that we were going to rebuild roads, provide electricity, improve the quality of life for people. And now we have a chance, I think, to correct some of those areas."

Obama: Losing not an option
"Losing is not an option when it comes to al-Qaeda. And it never has been. And that's why the fact that we engaged in a war of choice when were not yet finished with that task was such a mistake."

Maybe someone could send this to General Stanley McChrystal Commander of U.S. Forces Afghanistan who said he needs an additional 40k troops or we will lose in Afghanistan, and losing is not an option according to candidate Obama...