Thursday, December 27, 2012

The wrong debate on Afghan withdrawal


The author appears to want balance and coherency among ends, ways, and means.  
V/R
Dave
The wrong debate on Afghan withdrawal
Published: December 26

In recent weeks, The Post has run several opinion pieces concerning the coming withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan [“What we’ll need in Afghanistan,” Kimberly and Frederick W. Kagan, Nov. 25; “A job that 10,000 troops can handle,” David Barno and Matthew Irvine, Dec. 2; “The risks of an Afghan drawdown,” Max Boot, Dec. 24]. While I have great respect for these authors, I am disturbed by the focus on troop levels rather than on how a future U.S. presence in Afghanistan advances broader U.S. strategic interests in Eurasia.

By restricting the debate to troop levels, we approach the problem backward.

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