NATO commander Gen. James Jones on Friday expressed surprise at the slow pace of restoring security to Iraq, saying he had believed the insurgency here would have been brought under control faster than in Afghanistan. Jones also urged NATO member states opposed to the U.S.-led war in Iraq _ in particular Germany and France _ to join other members of the bloc in training Iraqi military forces. "For everybody that sits out of the mission, it increases the pressure on those who are committed and makes the future challenging ... and more difficult," said Jones. Jones, arrived in Baghdad with Jaap De Hoop Scheffer, secretary-general of the Brussels-based alliance.
