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11 Feb 2009 08:36 am
"Victory" In Afghanistan, Ctd.
Christian Brose, former chief speechwriter and policy advisor to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, joins other voices on the neoconservative right:
What I heard again and again is that we may have to settle for a
counterterrorism-focused mission, but that should be an unfortunate
option of last resort, not our going-in policy. Furthermore, we should
not allow resources to determine strategy, as this study suggests,
which was one interpretation I heard for the administration's recent
statements walking back U.S. goals: The economy's bad, and we have to
do what we can. This gets it backwards. We should determine the optimal
outcome we are confident we can accomplish, and then pay for it. After
all, we still have a GDP of, what, $12 trillion? If our conception of
strategic success is achievable, let's not hide behind tightening
budgets.
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