Obama's Flawed Afghanistan Approach
The US Afghanistan strategy, escalation to attain peace through war, is ominously like the last administration's approach and risks getting the country into "political and military quagmire."++ It is based on 9 postulates, such as linking Pakistan to stability in Afghanistan; it fails to offer sufficient new options to address Pakistan's instable, fragmented power divisions ++ Other assumptions, like the build up of Afghan security forces, are questionable at best.++ The strategy being flawed, the only hope is that it will be refined in time.
