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Pakistan — it’s not Iraq

September 15, 2008 - 11:20 pm - by Richard Fernandez
Konyok
2008-09-16 15:20:03

Y’know …

The more I cogitate on this, the greater grows my cognitive dissonance.

Isn’t COIN actually just really comprehensive community organizing with some armed backup?

Why, oh why hasn’t Barack Obama been a vocal advocate for redevelopment and COIN in Afghanistan? He should have, could have been all over this the last couple of years and burnished his national security credentials in the process.

Hmm …