foreignaffairs.org - 10/23/2008
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Ending Chaos in Afghanistan and Pakistan Barnett R. Rubin and Ahmed Rashid From Foreign Affairs , November/December 2008 Summary: The crisis in Afghanistan and Pakistan is beyond the point where more troops will help. U.S. strategy must be to seek compromise with insurgents while addressing ...
rollingstone.com - 10/17/2008
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rollingstone.com —
T he highway that leads south out of
Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, passes through a craggy...
range of arid, sand-colored mountains with sharp, stony peaks. Poplar trees and green fields line the road. Nomadic Kuchi women draped in colorful scarves ...
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How We Lost the War We Won
csmonitor.com - 10/26/2008
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csmonitor.com —
Before sending more brave men and women there,
let's question conventional wisdom. It will take more than...
military might to succeed in Afghanistan.
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More US troops to Afghanistan?
guardian.co.uk - 10/23/2008
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guardian.co.uk —
Members of religious party Jamaat e-Islami yesterday at
a protest against US airstrikes along Pakistan's border with...
Afghanistan Members of religious party Jamaat e-Islami yesterday at a protest against US airstrikes along Pakistan’s border with ...
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Pakistan rejects 'America's war' on extremists ...
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US Kills 9 Afghan Troops; Kabul Security Declines
Informed Comment —
... They point out that Afghanistan's gross domestic product is only about $9 billion a year and that it cannot collect taxes on very much of it very efficiently, and so cannot afford the size of army and police being proposed for it. ...
Reading Suggestions for Sarah (and John)
Taylor Marsh —
... She and John McCain could both use this one: Ending
the Chaos in Afghanistan and Pakistan. They won’t get it, but should read
it anyway. ...
Ending the Chaos in Afghanistan and Pakistan
PoliGazette —
... ‘The crisis in Afghanistan and Pakistan is beyond the point where more troops will help. U.S. strategy must be to seek compromise with insurgents while addressing regional rivalries and insecurities,’ Barnett R. Rubin and Ahmed Rashid explain in an article for the November / December edition of Foreign Affairs. ...
Two, Three, Many Grand Bargains?
Antiwar.com Original —
... including Iraq and Afghanistan in exchange for a halt to Tehran's alleged pursuit of nuclear weapons and support for Hezbollah, Hamas, and other groups Washington considers terrorist. But a "grand bargain" was also recently raised in connection with Afghanistan and Pakistan by two prominent experts, Pakistani journalist Ahmed Rashid, who has reportedly consulted with Petraeus, and New York University Prof. Barnett Rubin, in the influential Foreign Affairs journal, in which they called for a two-pronged strategy . The U.S. and its NATO allies, they argued, should support ...
No Soup for You! (Please)
Obsidian Wings —
... Rather, a negotiated settlement that engages the various regional powers whose interests and concerns must be addressed is the far more prudent course. Although not an easy or guaranteed fix itself, it has the advantage of not requiring enormous military commitments for the next decade or so. ...
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Kilcullen And A Pony
newshoggers.com 11/16/2008 — By Cernig
There's very interesting interview today with counterinsurgency guru David Kilcullen in the New Yorker.
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