Small Wars Journal

Foust and Cohen on Afghanistan

Fri, 08/21/2009 - 4:07am

Joshua Foust of Registan.net and Michael Cohen of The New America Foundation debate and discuss Afghanistan to include optimism vs. pessimism on Afghanistan, vague goals, uncertain metrics, failing to capitalize on success, mission-creeping into a drug war, which lessons should we take from Iraq; if the Taliban returns to power, will America be cool with that; and can the US still fight wars effectively?