Salvaging Afghanistan

Salvaging Afghanistan by  TCF Senior Fellow Morton Abramowitz

The charge of hand-wringing is again heard in the land, mostly from our friends on the Right. Have any doubt about our war in Afghanistan after close to nine years and you are hand-wringing. Eighteen months into the new administration, two strategic reviews, and fifty thousand more troops later—and still, expressing doubt qualifies you for a top hand-wringing citation.

The sad fact is that there has not been enough hand-wringing over Afghanistan, except by General McCrystal, a sore winner who at least up till now pretty well got what he asked for. The upcoming administration review, supposedly due out in December, offers Obama—with two years to go till the election—the last chance of cutting through the fog of Afghan discourse to decide conclusively whether he gets out or gets in deeper.

You can find the Blog Post in Taking Note here

Project on Afghanistan in its Regional and Multilateral Dimensions

The Century Foundation continues to look at Afghanistan with an initiative examining ways in which the international community may effectively take greater collective responsibility for assisting Afghanistan’s transition from a war-ridden failed state.

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