The AP photo of dying marine Lance Cpl. Joshua M. Bernard is making headlines. According to reports, the AP photograph was taken by a journalist in Afghanistan and over the dying photograph of Lance Cpl. Joshua M. Bernard, Pentagon and its boss US Defense Secretary both showed anger.

According to the Associated Press, this photo shows the dying scene of Lance Cpl. Joshua M. Bernard, who died in a Taliban ambush on Aug. 14, in Helmand province of southern Afghanistan, after a rocket-propelled grenade struck him.

On Thursday, The US Joint Chiefs of Staff Michael Mullen admitted that in Afghanistan, “time is not on our side” for US military operations against Al Qaeda. At a Pentagon briefing, alongside Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Admiral Mullen said,

“I remain concerned about the situation in Afghanistan. There is a sense of urgency. Time is not on our side,”

Admiral Mullen said that the new US troop approved by President Obama, which we will send to Afghanistan definitely make some difference as we have a new strategy and we will act upon it soon. Admiral Mullen said,

“I talked about a sense of urgency and I do believe we have to start to turn this thing around from a security standpoint over the next 12-18 months,”

About the latest strategy, Admiral Mullen also said,

“We are only now beginning to be in a position to have the assets in place and the strategy or the military approach in place to begin to implement the strategy,”

He said that the new strategy is succeeding for both Afghanistan and Pakistan.

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