Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Escalate or scale back in Afghanistan?

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The blunt conclusion laid out by the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan —

"The status quo will lead to failure"
— poses a stark and urgent choice for President Barack Obama: intensify the foundering conflict with more troops or narrow the mission to targeting terrorists instead of protecting Afghans.

"Insufficiently addressing either principal threat will result in failure,"
the general concludes.

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