Joe Klein urges Obama to play chicken with Congress over the war in Afghanistan. [...]
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A response to Spencer Ackerman’s opening gambit on Pakistan diplomacy [...] According to the New York Times and Congressman Joe Sestak, most people really aren’t concerned about the war in Afghanistan. What do you think? [...] As the US campaign in Helmand and Kandahar, blame has increasingly shifted toward allies like NATO, Karzai, and Pakistan. The US wants them to “do more.” But they are doing more. The problem is not our allies, but the war itself. [...] Are we preparing for an American invasion of Pakistan’s tribal regions? Actions by the Pakistani military, comments from the intelligence community, and even the White House response to new terror attacks seem to suggest these preparations are already under way. And no good can come of it. [...] How to protect the media’s election narrative on, or in spite of, the war in Afghanistan. [...] The problem in Afghanistan is not picking the right or wrong counterinsurgency strategy, but picking any military strategy at all. [...] McChrystal and Eikenberry’s plan for measuring progress is absolutely required if we care at all about the truth in Afghanistan. However, the variable in this plan is not necessarily the ability to produce these assessments, but access to the reliable, accurate information sources which provide the backbone of these assessments. [...] Answer: Zero. The military shouldn’t even be involved in Afghanistan. If we want to achieve our objectives in Afghanistan, we need sustainable, civilian-only solutions. [...] The problem is not the population of Marja, or it’s strategic significance. As long as we continue using military force and propping up a corrupt, illegitimate government, we will continue to fail. [...] |  | ||||
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