Insights from TNR's Extensive Afghanistan Coverage
The Plank (Free subscription) | 10/24/2009
... lies with political efforts to promote power-sharing. " The Civilian Surge Myth " by Steven Metz, October 15, 2009. U.S. counterinsurgency policy relies on the assumption that civilian agencies will help build a functioning nation-state in Afghanistan while the military secures the population. But, given the current state of America's civilian agencies, this is sheer fantasy....