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← Older posts Newer posts →ASG Weekly Reader: The Problem with Gates’ Afghanistan About Face
June 10, 2011“Bob, you have any problems?” So asked President Obama in November of 2009. The question was whether Defense Secretary Robert Gates was on board to begin a significant withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan in July of 2011. Gates “said he … Continue reading
Posted in Blog | Leave a commentDanielle Pletka: “The choices for America in Afghanistan are simpler than they appear…We can win or we can lose”
June 10, 2011Edward Kenney Afghanistan Study Group We have a simple choice in Afghanistan, argues Danielle Pletka of the American Enterprise Institute: “we can win or we can lose.” But can we actually win? Pletka thinks so, and she helpfully counters eight … Continue reading
Posted in Blog | 1 CommentThe Mendacity of Hope: Why We Need to Leave Afghanistan
June 9, 2011Will Keola Thomas – Afghanistan Study Group From “Col. YYY,” described by former Air Force officer and Dept. of Defense military analyst Chuck Spinney as, “an active duty colonel who travels all over Afghanistan…This colonel, unlike many of his peers, … Continue reading
Posted in Blog | Tagged General Petraeus, nation building, progress, strategy, withdraw | Leave a commentMeasuring Quicksand
June 9, 2011Matthew Hoh – Director of the Afghanistan Study Group In the Autumn of 2006, in the western part of Iraq’s Anbar Province, US Marine and Army units were taking dozens of attacks a day. Leaving one of the many bases … Continue reading
Posted in Blog | Tagged COIN, progress | Leave a commentSecretary Gates talks tough on Afghanistan, but so do the Taliban. Is this just rhetoric?
June 9, 2011Edward Kenney Afghanistan Study Group Robert Gates is delivering some of his final speeches as Secretary of Defense, and many commentators have written excellent assessments of his tenure at the Pentagon. Perhaps Gates’ most important legacy will be the ongoing … Continue reading
Posted in Blog | Tagged reconciliation, withdraw | Leave a commentWhat a Load of Crocker! Senate Hears Nominee for Ambassador of Kabul
June 9, 2011Edward Kenney Afghanistan Study Group Ryan Crocker, nominee to be the next ambassador of Afghanistan, testified on Wednesday before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee as part of his confirmation process. An exchange between Senator Webb (D, VA) and Crocker was … Continue reading
Posted in Blog | Tagged continuation, defense spending, strategy, withdraw | Leave a commentPew Poll Deflates the Post’s Overblown Headline
June 8, 2011Will Keola Thomas – Afghanistan Study Group Just one day after The Washington Post tripped over its own poll numbers and fell face-first into some sloppy conclusions (see the article: “Support for Afghan war rises, poll shows”), the Pew Research … Continue reading
Posted in Blog | Tagged defense spending, national debt, polls | Leave a commentThe Washington Post Is Confused (The American Public Is Not)
June 8, 2011Will Keola Thomas – Afghanistan Study Group From an article in Monday’s Washington Post titled “Support for Afghan war rises, poll shows”: “The number of Americans who say the war in Afghanistan is worth fighting has increased for the first … Continue reading
Posted in Blog | Tagged polls, withdraw | 1 CommentAfghanistan Weekly Reader 6-3-11: 10,000 Troops Ain’t Enough
June 3, 2011The Washington rumor mill is dishing out estimates of troop numbers to be brought home as part of the promised July drawdown in Afghanistan. Those estimates have shrunk over the last two years, from Vice President Biden’s “a whole lot … Continue reading
Posted in Blog | Leave a commentPalin Goes Rogue on Afghanistan
June 3, 2011Will Keola Thomas – Afghanistan Study Group In Alaska, they say the only difference between Sarah Palin and a pitbull is lipstick. But on Tuesday, former Gov. Palin showed that unlike the famously obstinate pitbull, she knows when to let … Continue reading
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