Sarah Sewall, a Harvard academic, looks at strategy in Afghanistan a tad differently. NATO forces are using counterinsurgency tactics, which emphasize defense. The U.S. is using counterterrorism tactics, which emphasize offense. Both forces are trying to make it happen without having adequate forces. As Sewall states, "The stakes are as high in Afghanistan as in Iraq, but no one seems to be paying attention except the Afghans."
Will today's killing of 35+ police there have any effect on NATO or the U.S.?
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