is the unifying thesis in the opposition to Iraq under Bush (their were wrong) and now Afghanistan under Obama... How will history read if Bush won in Iraq but Obama lost in Afghanistan???
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-boot7-2009feb07,0,4669288.story >>> It is striking the extent to which the arguments now being made about >>> Afghanistan were previously made -- and discredited -- in the case of Iraq. >>> The only thing we haven't heard yet is a proposal to dismember Afghanistan >>> into mini-states. But with Joe Biden in the White House, we can expect that >>> brainstorm to pop up soon. [snip] >>> Keep in mind that until fairly recently, the conventional wisdom was that >>> we had already won in Afghanistan and could never win in Iraq. Now we hear >>> the reverse, but the new zeitgeist is no sounder than the old. We can win >>> in Afghanistan, as we are now winning in Iraq. The key is for policymakers to ignore the naysayers. They will get louder over time, because, just as in Iraq, a surge in the number of U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan will inevitably bring about a short-term spike in casualties. But if President Obama doesn't lose his nerve, the odds are that a classic counterinsurgency strategy, supported by adequate troop levels, can turn around another failing war effort. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
