VILLAGE MEETING - U.S. Air Force Capt. Ryan Weld, center, and Romanian Forces from Task Force Black Scorpion talk with villagers during a shura in Khleqdad Khan, Afghanistan, Dec. 19, 2010. Weld is assigned to the Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Brian FergusonAfghan Pluses And Minuses -- Arthur Herman, New York Post
The main point of last week's presidential report on America's progress in Afghanistan was no surprise: We're making "fragile" progress in our nine-year war there, but not enough. Yet it's what President Obama and his advisers aren't saying about Afghanistan that's vital to making up our minds on whether this war is worth it.
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
Afghanistan Feels the Squeeze -- Newsweek
The darkness of our wars -- James Carroll, Boston.com
How to succeed in Afghanistan -- Robert Grenier, Al Jazeera
Mixed review on Afghanistan -- Miami Herald editorial
Let's Un-Surge in Afghanistan -- Richard Haass, Wall Street Journal
Surge Protector -- Max Boot, Weekly Standard
Is Pakistan Losing Patience in the War on Terror? -- Robert Baer, Time Magazine
No clear path (in Pakistan) -- Huma Yusuf, Dawn
India's defense policy arrives at the crossroads for best buys -- Harsh Pant, Japan Times
New defense strategy in Japan -- Asahi editorial
‘Small war’ in Korea is postponed -- Robert Haddick, Small Wars Journal
France's missile sale to Lebanon: Missiles are but a symptom -- Jerusalem Post editorial
Piracy free-for-all: West turns blind eye, but it shouldn’t be tough to solve this cancer of the seas -- Peter Worthington, Toronto Sun
A democratic test for Venezuela -- Jackson Diehl, Washington Post