Growing Pessimism on Afghanistan After Quran Burning - Jim Lobe

WASHINGTON, Feb 28, 2012 (IPS) - While top officials in the Barack Obama administration insist that U.S. strategy in Afghanistan is working, the violent aftermath of last week's apparently inadvertent burning of copies of the Quran at a military base is fuelling growing pessimism about the U.S. and NATO mission there. - Growing Pessimism on Afghanistan After Quran Burning
Afghanistan: The Death of a Strategy - Anthony H. Cordesman