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A CIA COINdinista’s Misgivings on Counterinsurgency in Afghanistan

By | 05.13.10 | 7:52 pm

The leak I got yesterday from Kandahar expressing skepticism that counterinsurgency can bring the nine-year war in Afghanistan to a successful conclusion has inspired another one. This time, a former CIA counterterrorism operative who has served on the ground in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq agreed to pass along a More…

Dennis Blair’s Dire Assessment of Afghanistan Strategy

By | 03.10.09 | 11:32 am

Sure enough, Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair told the Senate Armed Services Committee this morning that the greatest threat to the United States comes from the global economic meltdown. But take a look at what he had to say about Afghanistan.

A Sons-Of-Afghanistan Consensus All of a Sudden?

By | 10.16.08 | 1:01 pm

Some days you end up staring into the rhetorical shaving mirror, lost in the reflection of your face, tracing features that suddenly seem unfamiliar. The air has a different smell. The path from home to work seems longer. That’s how I feel reading this Christian Science Monitor piece about More…