What about Afghanistan? A majority of the U.S. population and the Congress -- like the majority of Iraqis and Iraqi parliamentarians -- want the U.S. to withdraw from Iraq by a date certain. Senator Obama, the Democratic nominee, is expected by his supporters to get the U.S. out of Iraq if he is elected President.
But about our other war, the war in Afghanistan, there is little public debate. Why not?
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The parallels cited between the Afghanistan war and the Iraq debacle are striking, and the overall analysis on pretty firm ground. But since the intent of the article is to influence policy-makers more than the public, it tends to put more controversial questions to the side, primarily "Why did we really invade Afghanistan and what in the hell have we been doing there for seven years?" Until we get some clarity on that issue, it'll be hard to know what to do next. Oh, and credit ... More »
This analysis of the Afghanistan strategy asks some very important questions about the occupation and suppression of Afghanistan as that conflict is now extant. Is it another quagmire awaiting us, like it did for the Brits and the Russians, and as is happening in Iraq? There is no "good war," and this conflict is not getting appropriate scrutiny.
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