U.S. Marines conduct a security patrol in Nawa district in Helmand province, Afghanistan, Aug. 10, 2009. The Marines are assigned to Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Artur ShvartsbergFrom Zen Pundit:
Most of you have followed the series on the Afghanistan strategy debate at Abu Muqawama that was prompted by the Andrew Bacevich article or read the exchange I had with Dr. Bernard Finel or at the many other defense blogs talking Afghanistan. So many at once, that Dave Dilegge of SWJ asked everyone to chill out and lower the “noise”. Dilegge later explained on Dr. James Joyner’s OTB Radio program that he wasn’t trying to stifle debate so much as point out that the staff working for Gen. McChrystal that are trying to put together a strategic plan were feeling overwhelmed by the blizzard of contradictory expert and not-so-expert advice that was suddenly flying furiously in the blogosphere.
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My Comment: Another good analysis and read from Zen Pundit.
If you are in the mood to read two more good articles on Afghanistan, I would strongly recommend ..... More Marines to Now Zad and Election-Centric Counterinsurgency from the Captain's Journal, and .... The beginning of the end to our war in Afghanistan from Fabius Maximus.