"The perception is, and you get this across the Middle East, that the Americans are at least straightforward, even if you resent what they're doing.

VOA: standard.2009.07.02

That is pretty straightforward. I do not mind having that fight,".

VOA: standard.2010.01.22

Eide said he did not want to get into the debate over the need for additional international fighting forces, but he called U.S.Army General Stanley McChrystal's assessment of the war, "clear,straightforward and demanding."

VOA: standard.2009.09.29