Losing Afghanistan

3:28 am EST October 9th, 2008 | News | 1 Comment

Hey look, it’s the exact point Sen. Obama was making about how Bush and McCain’s push for war in Iraq ended up screwing up the true fight versus Al Qaeda in Pakistan.

The White House has launched an urgent review of Afghanistan policy, fast-tracked for completion in the next several weeks, amid growing concern that the administration lacks a comprehensive strategy for the foundering war there and as intelligence officials warn of a rapidly worsening situation on the ground.

Underlying the deliberations is a nearly completed National Intelligence Estimate on Afghanistan and the Pakistan-based extremists fighting there. Analysts have concluded that reconstituted elements of al-Qaeda and the resurgent Taliban are collaborating with an expanding network of militant groups, making the counterinsurgency war infinitely more complicated.

MORE: U.S. Study Is Said to Warn of Crisis in Afghanistan

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One Response to “Losing Afghanistan”

  1. jr says:
    October 9, 2008 at 8:08 am

    “book Tanya Reiman for a body language segment so I can pretend Afghanistan is awesome”-billo