Heritage "Through a series of attacks and attempted attacks, Islamist extremists have declared war on Europe and the United States, and despite President Obama’s unwillingness to acknowledge it, the West remains at war with terror."Al-Qaeda’s relentless pursuit of mass murder atrocities should reinforce to Europe why the war in Afghanistan remains a central front in this war on terrorism. The NATO Alliance must continue to deny al-Qaeda a safe haven in which to operate by winning the war in Afghanistan, and more fairly sharing the burden of that war."
Obama’s Afghan Struggle by Fouad Ajami : "[President Obama] can’t build on the Iraq victory because he has never really embraced it. The occasional statement that we can win over the reconcilers and the tribes in Afghanistan the way we did in Iraq’s Anbar Province is lame and unconvincing. The Anbar turned only when the Sunni insurgents had become convinced that the Americans were there to stay and that the alternative to accommodation with the Americans, and with the Baghdad government, was a sure and widespread Sunni defeat. The Taliban is nowhere near this reckoning. If anything, the uncertain mood in Washington counsels patience on its part, with the hope of waiting out the American presence."
Policy infighting over the Afghan war: Who dissed whom? And who cares? by Max Boot : "But, unlike Mr. Biden, Mr. Obama realizes that he "owned" the war and had "to get Afghanistan and Pakistan right." Thus he came to endorse the McChrystal strategy.
"It is too soon to know whether this decision will be judged wise. That will depend on the outcome of the war itself. And that, in turn, will be determined by a lot of factors, including the views of Afghans, which are absent from Mr. Woodward's hermetically sealed narrative."
Obama’s Afghan Struggle by Fouad Ajami : "[President Obama] can’t build on the Iraq victory because he has never really embraced it. The occasional statement that we can win over the reconcilers and the tribes in Afghanistan the way we did in Iraq’s Anbar Province is lame and unconvincing. The Anbar turned only when the Sunni insurgents had become convinced that the Americans were there to stay and that the alternative to accommodation with the Americans, and with the Baghdad government, was a sure and widespread Sunni defeat. The Taliban is nowhere near this reckoning. If anything, the uncertain mood in Washington counsels patience on its part, with the hope of waiting out the American presence."
Policy infighting over the Afghan war: Who dissed whom? And who cares? by Max Boot : "But, unlike Mr. Biden, Mr. Obama realizes that he "owned" the war and had "to get Afghanistan and Pakistan right." Thus he came to endorse the McChrystal strategy.
"It is too soon to know whether this decision will be judged wise. That will depend on the outcome of the war itself. And that, in turn, will be determined by a lot of factors, including the views of Afghans, which are absent from Mr. Woodward's hermetically sealed narrative."
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