December Review

Axis of Agreement Watch: Joe Klein's "Lucky" Strategy

Josh Mull | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Robert Naiman, Coin, Afghanistan, General Petraeus, 2012 Election, Luck, Escalation, Rethink Afghanistan, Pakistan, Joe Klein, Mainstream Media, December Review, Longest War, Cost of War, Drones, Conventional Wisdom, July 2011, Civilian Casualties, Barack Obama, Politics News
Josh Mull

Obama would be wise to ignore Klein and decide not to play chicken with the numbers. Afghanistan will not magically right itself, particularly now as Petraeus can inflame the violence as much as he pleases.

Read Post

Failure, Not Progress, in Afghanistan

Robert Greenwald and Derrick Crowe | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: War in Afghanistan, Petraeus, Rethink Afghanistan, Civilian Casualties, Troop Deaths, December Review, Afghanistan, Obama, Holbrooke, Counterinsurgency, Brave New Foundation, Afghanistan War, World News
Robert Greenwald and Derrick Crowe

The Obama administration is kidding itself if it thinks the American people will buy its latest attempted whitewash of the failure of the escalation strategy in Afghanistan.

Read Post