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There’s No Substitute for Troops on the Ground
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An argument for more troops, as Max Boot of the Council of Foreign Relations vists Afghanistan at the request of General Petraeus. This is a local account, what is the larger picture. And can the problems of a failed Afghan government and the way American boots are seen as foreign occupiers be wished away? See the link to Kristof who says even the Punjabis in the Pakistan army are not welcomed in Pashtun land on both sides of the border, and there are 40 million Pashtuns.
The Afghan's allergy to foreign presence and the argument for more troops on the ground.
10/22/2009
Optimistic assessments about the results more American boots on the ground would bring leave gaps that are not addressed, about the Afghan government, the allergy to foreign occupiers, and the likely misassessment of the numbers needed. Here Boot says 174,000 American troops were needed in Iraq and he also says Afghanistan is amuch bigger country. Can American add troops to reach anumber closer to 174,000 in Afghanistan and what would the public response be? And there is no majority Shiite side in Afghanistan to stand behind the Americans as there was in Iraq, because democracy benefitted the Shiites under Ayatollah Sistani- what then would be the support for Americans among the 40 million Pashtuns ?
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