I’ve been mulling over the dodgy answers (if you can even call them answers) given by Ambassador Holbrooke and Defense Secretary Gates when they were recently asked to define success in Afghanistan or to speculate about how long Americans should expect to be fighting a war there. In case you missed these, take a look. [...]
Archive for August 29, 2009
We Know Failure When We See It
Posted: August 29, 2009 in UncategorizedTags: Afghanistan, Bruce Riedel, counterinsurgency, General McChrystal, Pashtuns, Rethink Afghanistan
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