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The Real News From The McChrystal Interview: The Troops Aren’t Happy

· Wednesday, June 23, 2010 · 5 comments

Stanley McChrystal’s fate is the story of the day, but there’s a broader message in the Rolling Stone story, and it has broad implications for the future of the Afghan War.

10 Easy Steps to Success in Afghanistan

· Monday, June 21, 2010 · 2 comments

Christian Bleuer provides a 10-step solution for victory over the Taliban.

Violence Increasing In Afghanistan

· Sunday, June 20, 2010 · 6 comments

Army Drops Velcro for Buttons

· Tuesday, June 15, 2010 · 1 comment

Pakistan ISI Backing the Taliban?

· Monday, June 14, 2010 · 6 comments

Afghanistan Strikes It Rich, Or Maybe Not

· Monday, June 14, 2010 · 4 comments

Afghan Leader Doesn’t Believe West Can Defeat Taliban

· Saturday, June 12, 2010 · 1 comment

Afghanistan Now America’s Longest War, Or Maybe Not

· Tuesday, June 8, 2010 · 2 comments

Drone Strikes and Civilian Casualties: Only One Statistic Matters

· Saturday, May 29, 2010 · 10 comments

OTB Roundtable on Afghanistan (Alex Knapp)

· Monday, May 24, 2010 · 4 comments

OTB Roundtable: Afghanistan (James Joyner)

· Monday, May 24, 2010 · 5 comments

OTB Roundtable on Afghanistan (Dave Schuler)

· Monday, May 24, 2010 · 2 comments

OTB Roundtable: Afghanistan

· Monday, May 24, 2010 · No comments

American Death Toll In Afghanistan Surpasses 1,000

· Thursday, May 20, 2010 · 7 comments

Shahzad Not Taliban Trained After All?

· Saturday, May 8, 2010 · 2 comments

Terrorists, American Citizenship, and Sham Marriages

· Thursday, May 6, 2010 · 8 comments

Mirandize Shahzad? Of Course!

· Tuesday, May 4, 2010 · 37 comments

Atlantic Council Honors Clinton, Bono, Ackerman, Mattis, and Abrial

· Thursday, April 29, 2010 · No comments

Jim Jones Jewish Joke Jouhaha

· Monday, April 26, 2010 · 12 comments

Taliban Military Leader Captured By Joint U.S.-Pakistani Force

· Tuesday, February 16, 2010 · 9 comments

Obama Orders Americans Killed

· Wednesday, January 27, 2010 · 41 comments

Afghanistan Conundrum at True/Slant

· Friday, December 4, 2009 · No comments

The Media React to President Obama’s Afghanistan Speech

· Wednesday, December 2, 2009 · 29 comments

Obama Afghanistan Speech: Worst of Both Worlds (Updated)

· Wednesday, December 2, 2009 · 12 comments

Obama’s Afghanistan Speech

· Monday, November 30, 2009 · 3 comments

The Constitutional Case Against Military Tribunals

· Monday, November 30, 2009 · 24 comments

Searching for the Exit?

· Thursday, November 12, 2009 · 31 comments

What’s Next in Afghanistan?

· Tuesday, November 3, 2009 · 3 comments

Minor FSO Resigns, Panic Ensues

· Tuesday, October 27, 2009 · 11 comments

The Debate on Afghanistan

· Tuesday, October 13, 2009 · 4 comments

War and Peace Prizes

· Monday, October 12, 2009 · 31 comments

Advice from the Saudis on Afghanistan

· Friday, October 9, 2009 · 11 comments

Kissinger on Afghanistan: More Troops

· Tuesday, October 6, 2009 · 6 comments

Fighting the Taliban by Lowering Taxes

· Monday, October 5, 2009 · 17 comments

Caption Contest Winners

· Thursday, October 1, 2009 · 2 comments

President Obama’s Speech to the UN General Assembly

· Thursday, September 24, 2009 · 8 comments

NYT and the Farrell Rescue

· Tuesday, September 15, 2009 · 2 comments

NATO Can Survive Afghanistan Failure

· Thursday, September 10, 2009 · No comments

Thought of the Day: Afghanistan Edition

· Monday, September 7, 2009 · 8 comments

Going Wobbly on Afghanistan

· Sunday, September 6, 2009 · 8 comments

The Limits of Afghanization (Updated)

· Thursday, September 3, 2009 · 7 comments

Please Make a Case for Afghanistan

· Monday, August 31, 2009 · 8 comments

The Korea Solution

· Thursday, August 20, 2009 · 16 comments

What Are Our Strategic Objectives in Afghanistan?

· Monday, August 10, 2009 · 5 comments

Today’s MUST Foreign Policy Reading

· Saturday, August 8, 2009 · 11 comments

The Case for COIN in Afghanistan

· Wednesday, July 29, 2009 · No comments

Guardian: No Nation-Building in Afghanistan!

· Thursday, July 23, 2009 · 5 comments

Our Schizophrenic Afghanistan Policy

· Sunday, July 19, 2009 · 10 comments

The Annotated Obama Cairo Speech

· Thursday, June 4, 2009 · 18 comments

Preventative Detention

· Friday, May 22, 2009 · 21 comments

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