Kolenda on Afghanistan: dull but good - Thomas E. Ricks

Tom again: This is in fact the biggest question I have about American policy in the war. I know what McChrystal intends to do with the Taliban. But I don't understand how the U.S. government intends to improve the behavior of the Karzai government. It is a puzzlement. Anyone care to enlighten me? - Kolenda on Afghanistan: dull but good

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