The Land of 10,000 Wars
08.17.2009 at 05:16am
The Land of 10,000 Wars – Ganesh Sitaraman, New York Times opinion.
As General Stanley McChrystal’s 60-day strategic assessment is wrapping up, he poised to recommend a new approach for Afghanistan, one grounded in counterinsurgency’s strategy of protecting the population.
This is an important step, but for the new strategy to succeed, it must recognize that there isn’t just one Afghan war – there are thousands of Afghan wars, each differing in motivations, organization, regional strength and possibilities for resolution…
The challenge for General McChrystal is creating a comprehensive and integrated strategy for Afghanistan out of the hundreds, if not thousands, of peoples, identities, and conflicts in the country…
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