Questioning the Afghan surge strategy


I am not sure I buy the criticism of sending the troops to Helmand.  It was infested with Taliban  that were using it as a base for attacks elsewhere.  The real problem is that Obama cut the troop request needed for an effective counterinsurgency operation.  The Washington Post is running a book excerpt of this guys criticism of US troop deployment.

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