If no definition of success exists other than a warm fuzzy feeling in the administration's collective gut, we don't have a strategy in Afghanistan.
Jonathan Morgenstein | Posted 08.14.2009 | Politics
Exit strategy implies that the top military priority is getting our troops out. An endstate strategy envisions what we want the conditions on the ground to look like and figures out how to get there.
Rani Singh | Posted 07.10.2009 | World
Gilani's entry into politics was via the Muslim League during General Zia-ul-Haq's martial law in 1978 when he was inducted into the party's Central Working Committee.
John Brown | Posted 06.12.2009 | World
I should think that someone who knows something about history, like Mr. Holbrooke, should realize the quagmire we are getting ourselves into at a time of economic crisis here at home.
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 04.29.2009 | Politics
Afghanistan is not another Vietnam, Richard Holbrooke declared on Sunday, in what was, perhaps, the most forceful pushback against concern and critici...
Vikrum Aiyer | Posted 04.16.2009 | World
While normally the US should exhaust all diplomatic channels, Obama should exercise great caution when it comes to talking with the Taliban, as it comes with one too many concerns.
Virginia M. Moncrieff | Posted 03.10.2009 | World
We may soon witness a reverse triple back flip with pike by the Obama administration over his campaign promise of increasing troop numbers in Afghanistan.
Ken Bacon | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics
Richard Holbrooke will be working with U.S. and allied forces to bring peace and prosperity to Afghanistan and Pakistan. The problem is that the U.S. programs in these countries often conflict.
Washingtonpost.com | Posted 01.02.2009 | World
President -elect Barack Obama is seriously considering giving former ambassador Richard Holbrooke a key role in handling diplomacy in south Asia, a mo...
Derrick Crowe | Posted 09.14.2009 | World