Building on yesterday’s question of how precisely Gen. Stanley McChrystal’s Afghanistan strategy is synchronized, take a look at Brandon Friedman’s post at
“„Ultimately, I think whoever came up with the idea to print these things didn’t really think it through. While the likelihood of success using a technique like this is slim, the chance of inflaming the locals even further is much higher. This whole thing seems clumsy and ham-handed, and will almost certainly do more harm than good. I’d love to be proved wrong.