You’re Never Going to Believe This, But the Kagans Want to Add At Least 40,000 Troops to Afghanistan

The sun rose today and its gravitational force kept the planet twisting around it through the void, so naturally Fred and Kim Kagan, the neoconservative wing of counterinsurgency, have put out a call for between 40,000 and 45,000 additional troops to be sent to Afghanistan in the next year. More…

Walkback Fail: Counterinsurgency, the Taliban and Talladega Nights

It really helps to have metrics when stuff like this happens. Yesterday The Wall Street Journal published a story on all of the ways in which Gen. Stanley McChrystal’s command considered Afghanistan to be in crisis mode. It was  very good, very comprehensive, and very compelling. Its More…

Emerging GOP Line: Don’t ‘Rumsfeld’ Afghanistan

Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.) went on “Face The Nation” and balked at the idea of more troops for Afghanistan, following the lead of Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Wis.). His colleague on the Senate Armed Services Committee, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), had a memorable rejoinder:

Graham, who also serves

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