Coalition Issues Letter to President Obama Regarding Afghanistan
September 15, 2009
The Coalition for a Realistic Foreign Policy issued a letter to President Obama urging him to refocus U.S. strategy in Afghanistan.
In the letter, a group of eminent authors and international affairs scholars express their concern about expanding the U.S. military commitment to Afghanistan. The signers included many who had publicly opposed the invasion of Iraq before it began. The signatories pointed out that the administration's goals in Afghanistan were growing overly ambitious, that achieving them was unlikely, and that their pursuit would come at expense of other national priorities, both foreign and domestic.
Hollow Victory
The University of Chicago's John Mearsheimer predicts how the ideological war between Democrats and Republicans will play out in Afghanistan.
The 'Safe Haven' Myth
Ohio State University Professor John Mueller debunks the myth that a U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan would create a safe haven for Al Qaeda.
False Dichotomy
The New America Foundation's Michael Cohen scrutinizes Stephen Biddle's case for counterinsurgency in Afghanistan.
Root Causes
At The New Republic Online, Andrew J. Bacevich asks us to figure out our aims in Afghanistan before we talk strategy there.
New Afghan War Assumptions Must Be Weighed before a Surge
Ohio Wesleyan University professor and Eisenhower Institute fellow Sean Kay, writing in the Cleveland Plain Dealer, calls for a strategic reassessment in Afghanistan.
