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Afghanistan: Whose War is This Anyway?

Posted on November 28, 2010 | by SysAdmin
11/28/2010
By Michael W. Wynne, 21st Secretary of the Air Force 11/28/2010 - "The Romans understood the difference between management of political objectives by the viceroys and pro-consuls and the role of the legion. We seem to be sending the legions into operation without providing political end states."
Posted in Featured Article | Tagged Mike Wynne, president karzai, President Obama, war in afghanistan

The Petraeus Challenge

Posted on July 7, 2010 | by SysAdmin
07/07/2010
By Richard Weitz One of the challenges General David Petraeus, U.S. Army, faces as the newly appointed commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan is the failure of past efforts to induce many of the Taliban guerrillas to defect and some of the Taliban leaders to negotiate a peace…
Posted in Con Ops, Policy Dynamics | Tagged A Qaeda, Afghanistan, General Petraeus, London conference, president karzai, Richard Weitz
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