yglesias.thinkprogress.org - 1/2/2009
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Dexter Filkins writes about corruption in Afghanistan. I don’t have much to add — suffice it to say that there’s a lot of corruption in Afghanistan and that this is a big problem.
What I do think it’s worth reflecting on is what a big deal it really turns out to ...
foreignpolicy.com - 1/5/2009
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foreignpolicy.com —
or the past five years, the fight in
Afghanistan has been hobbled by strategic drift, conflicting tactics,...
and too few troops. The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Adm. Michael Mullen, got it right when he bluntly told the U.S. Congress in 2007, ...
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Counterinsurgency Field Manual: Afghanistan Edition
longwarjournal.org - 12/28/2008
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longwarjournal.org —
Taliban suicide bombers struck on both sides of
the Durand Line, killing 51 and wounding score more...
in Pakistan and Afghanistan. The suicide attack in Pakistan took place in the settled district of Buner in the insurgency-infested Northwest ...
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Taliban suicide bomber strike in Pakistan, Afghanistan
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Surging Over the Cracks In Afghanistan
Newshoggers.com —
... will have to remain there in perpetuity to ensure any level of cohesive governance at all. Thus the two greatest drivers of the Taliban's resurgent insurgency will remain intact and anything done in Helmland takes on the character of an extended game of whack-a-mole.
However, extending cycles of violence until the point where they dropped off the medias radar worked in Iraq and gave the US an excuse to head (mostly) for the exits. The same might be true in Afghanistan.
Matt Yglesias writes:
What I do think it’s worth reflecting on is what a big ...
Surging Over the Cracks In Afghanistan
Crooks and Liars —
... However, extending cycles of violence until the point where they dropped off the medias radar worked in Iraq and gave the US an excuse to head (mostly) for the exits. The same might be true in Afghanistan. Matt Yglesias writes: ...
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