Counterinsurgency Down for the Count in Afghanistan - motherjones

President Obama's Afghanistan strategy isn't working. So said a parade of Afghanistan watchers during the flap over war commander General Stanley McChrystal's firing. But what does that phrase, so often in the media these days, really mean? And if the strategy really isn't working, just how can you tell?

1. What do you mean by "it's not working"? Counterinsurgency Down for the Count in Afghanistan… Mother Jones