Today’s New York Times article on General McChrystal’s spadework for the next escalation in Afghanistan illustrates the hole we’re in: An expanded American footprint would also increase Mr. Obama’s entanglement with an Afghan government widely viewed as corrupt and illegitimate. The U.S. chose counterinsurgency (COIN) as our strategy for Afghanistan. COIN requires U.S. policymakers to [...]
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Meet Your Afghan Warlords, Part Three: Khalili
Posted: September 1, 2009 in UncategorizedTags: Afghanistan, counterinsurgency, Hamid Karzai, Muhammed Karim Khalili
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