Wednesday, December 13, 2006

Editorials/Op-Ed An Afghan study group of one

That no calls have gone out for an Afghan Study Group is interesting. Conditions in Afghanistan are also grave and are deteriorating. British Gen. David Richards, commanding NATO forces there, believes we have only three to six months to win Afghan hearts and minds. However, because Afghanistan has largely been an invisible (and, as I have written before, the "uncola") war, it has not received the attention it must. The distinctions between Iraq and Afghanistan are at least two-fold. First, Afghanistan is reparable if we act now and a regional solution is not crucial, Pakistan very much withstanding. Second, a de facto Afghan Study Group of one already exists. The question is if the president will listen to it.

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