If We Lose Afghanistan

Washington Post | Oct. 6, 2009 (Opinion)

() AT THE heart of the Obama administration's deliberations about Afghanistan is the question of whether U.S. security rests on the defeat of the Afghan Taliban movement. The discussion often gets narrowed to the point of whether al-Qaeda, which is based Full Story »

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by James Canning - Oct. 7, 2009

One weakness of this commentary is its failure to define who are the "we" who might "lose" Afghanistan. Iran, Russia and China are enemies of al-Qaeda and seek stability in Afghanistan. I recommend Anatol Lieven's fine analysis in the Financial Times today, "How the west can exit the Afghan quagmire".

The Washington Post has difficulty comprehending that the US militaqry presence in Afghanistan is as much part of the problem as it is part of the "solution" and that the president of the country thinks putting in more US troops will not improve security.