Surge in Afghanistan is Not Working

Despite sending additional troops and spending billions of more dollars, recent efforts to remove the Taliban from their strongholds in Afghanistan are not working. There have been tactical successes, but the overall trend in the war is not improving. The Taliban is resilient and believes it can outlast the Americans.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/26/AR2010102606571.html?hpid=topnews

Niamh Marnell

Niamh Marnell

Niamh Marnell earned a master's degree in social sciences from the University of Chicago where she examined organizations and power from the perspective of political science and sociology. You can follow her at http://twitter.com/NiamhMarnell.

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