Competing Strategies, Blind Faith in Af/Pak

Competing Strategies, Blind Faith in Af/Pak
Posted by Steve Hynd on July 2nd, 2009
http://rethinkafghanistan.com/blog/?p=540#more-540

Bob Woodward’s piece for the WaPo, in which he recounts national security advisor Jim Jones telling military leaders that any further calls for more troops in Afghanistan would occasion a “Whiskey Tango Foxtrot moment” from Obama, has both COINdinistas and contraCOINers discussing prioritization of the (still benchmarkless) strategy’s confusing components in Afghanistan.