America's 7 mistakes in Afghanistan - Foreign and Defense Policy, American Enterprise

More than a decade into the conflict, the Afghan war isn’t going well. Politically, Afghanistan is a mess. While some analysts still say the American counterinsurgency strategy works, Afghans beg to differ. Their country was safer ten years ago than it is today. -- This article is available in full on CNN's Global Public Square blog: America's 7 mistakes in Afghanistan - Michael Rubin