Written as a response to George Will, this can hardly be seen as offering a promising strategy to defeat Afghan insurgents which, quite uncritically, are equated with the threat of "international terrorism", and Christian Brose does not even pretend that the interests and wishes of Afghans would matter in the continuing U.S. struggle to gain control. The author fails to address George Will's main points, so his contribution is not convincing.

Christian Brose, and George Will, fail to consider the question of why the effort to bring stability to Afghanistan should be in the hands of the US, when there are other countries in the immediate area far better able to deal with the situation in Afghanistan. The basic assumption of both writers is that the US is the country that needs to be calling the shots, when this demonstrably is untrue.

It is fascinating to find a Conservative Voice (Will's) with an opinion of his own. Agree or disagree, Will has an opinion.