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The U.S. Challenge in Afghanistan (Strategic analysis compared to Iraq)
Stratfor ^ | October 20, 1009 | George Friedman and Reva Bhalla

Posted on 10/20/2009 7:55:06 AM PDT by Mrs. Don-o

After Obama took office, it became necessary to define a war-fighting strategy in Afghanistan. The most likely model was based on the one used in Iraq by Gen. David Petraeus, now head of U.S. Central Command, whose area of responsibility covers both Afghanistan and Iraq.

Making sense of the arguments over Afghanistan requires an understanding of how the Iraq war is read by the strategists fighting it, since a great deal of proposed Afghan strategy involves transferring lessons learned from Iraq....

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; mcchrystal; petraeus; taliban
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1 posted on 10/20/2009 7:55:07 AM PDT by Mrs. Don-o
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2 posted on 10/20/2009 8:00:30 AM PDT by Mrs. Don-o ("If you can't be a good example, then you'll just have to serve as a horrible warning."-Gilda Radner)
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When(if) Barry makes a decision on Afghanistan, it will be his first.
3 posted on 10/20/2009 9:47:39 AM PDT by Phlap (REDNECK@LIBARTS.EDU)
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