http://blog.oup.com/2012/09/afghanistan-2013-the-road-narrows/ Academic insights for the thinking world. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:01:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://blog.oup.com/2012/09/afghanistan-2013-the-road-narrows/#comment-306404 OUPblog » Blog Archive » The unquestioned center Tue, 30 Oct 2012 12:30:19 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=29273#comment-306404 [...] withdrawal; the president spoke of the need to do nation-building at home. And neither addressed what purpose is served by the continued presence of outside troops in the face of recurrent episodes of so-called green-on-blue violence — attacks by Afghan [...] [...] withdrawal; the president spoke of the need to do nation-building at home. And neither addressed what purpose is served by the continued presence of outside troops in the face of recurrent episodes of so-called green-on-blue violence — attacks by Afghan [...]

]]> http://blog.oup.com/2012/09/afghanistan-2013-the-road-narrows/#comment-295770 Dick Scott Tue, 25 Sep 2012 17:46:04 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=29273#comment-295770 "The new president needs to make clear to the American people how a continuing large-scale US and NATO military presence in Afghanistan connects to a realistic and achievable political goal." As you have implied, he will not be able to because it does not relate to a realistic achievable goal. This has been clear for some time. “The new president needs to make clear to the American people how a continuing large-scale US and NATO military presence in Afghanistan connects to a realistic and achievable political goal.”
As you have implied, he will not be able to because it does not relate to a realistic achievable goal. This has been clear for some time.

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