4 Deadly Delusions About Afghanistan Held by Obama's Top Advisors

It's almost as if there is something about that hard-edged Central Asian country that deranges its occupiers.

Delusion #1

In his address to the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Obama characterized Afghanistan as "a war of necessity" against international terrorism. But the reality is that the Taliban is a polyglot collection of conflicting political currents whose goals are local, not universal jihad. Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Dwight Rousu - Sep 15, 2009 - 11:20 AM PDT
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by Dwight Rousu - Sep. 15, 2009

The bulletpoint focus, with multiple sources for the evaluations makes a good argument that the occupation of Afghanistan is great folly, and the administration does not see it.

Where in the North Atlantic is Afghanistan?

Delusion #2 One casualty of Vietnam was the doctrine of counterinsurgency, the theory that an asymmetrical war against guerrillas can be won by capturing the ... More »

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