Petraeus on the South Asian wars; McCreary on Gaza
The general is assessing the situation strategically, which is refreshing. "Afghanistan and Pakistan have, in many ways, merged into a single problem set, and the way forward in Afghanistan is incomplete without a strategy that includes and assists Pakistan," the new Central Command chief said Thursday at a Washington think tank. That this view is ...
The general is assessing the situation strategically, which is refreshing. "Afghanistan and Pakistan have, in many ways, merged into a single problem set, and the way forward in Afghanistan is incomplete without a strategy that includes and assists Pakistan," the new Central Command chief said Thursday at a Washington think tank. That this view is becoming official is today's good news, as John McCreary would say.
The general is assessing the situation strategically, which is refreshing. "Afghanistan and Pakistan have, in many ways, merged into a single problem set, and the way forward in Afghanistan is incomplete without a strategy that includes and assists Pakistan," the new Central Command chief said Thursday at a Washington think tank. That this view is becoming official is today’s good news, as John McCreary would say.
Speaking of that venerable analyst, McCreary, one of my "proven providers," thinks that Hamas is facing "strategic defeat" in Gaza, in part because Tehran is more interested in moving forward on developing nuclear weapons than it is in aiding its allies in Hamas.
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