Going 'deep', not 'big', in Afghanistan

Asia Times by Gareth Porter | Oct. 16, 2009 (News Report)

An analysis making waves in Washington by a veteran United States officer calls for the withdrawal of the bulk of United States combat forces from Afghanistan over 18 months, warning against General Stanley McChrystal's counter-insurgency strategy. Lieutenant Colonel Daniel L Davis says that it is already too late for US forces to defeat the insurgency. Full Story »

Posted by Derek Hawkins - via NewsRack (Afghanistan), Asia Times

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Fred Gatlin
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 by Fred Gatlin - Oct. 16, 2009

I am not sure this Lt. Colonel is the right person to write an alternative. If he has been in Afghan for long he is more likely part of the problem. To call General McChrystal plan a counterinsurgency effort misses the point badly. His plan is to clear and hold areas to allow the people to put up a local government and set up their local economy. Who does this guy plan to take over the government?

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