Comments on: DC Week in Review: the significance of the politics of small things http://www.deliberatelyconsidered.com/2010/12/dc-week-in-review-the-significance-of-the-politics-of-small-things/ Informed reflection on the events of the day Wed, 15 Jul 2015 17:00:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.4.23 By: French Baguette Recipe http://www.deliberatelyconsidered.com/2010/12/dc-week-in-review-the-significance-of-the-politics-of-small-things/comment-page-1/#comment-16680 Mon, 12 Sep 2011 16:52:13 +0000 http://www.deliberatelyconsidered.com/?p=1315#comment-16680 French Baguette Recipe…

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]]> By: Michael Corey http://www.deliberatelyconsidered.com/2010/12/dc-week-in-review-the-significance-of-the-politics-of-small-things/comment-page-1/#comment-3150 Mon, 20 Dec 2010 01:45:36 +0000 http://www.deliberatelyconsidered.com/?p=1315#comment-3150 I continue to be puzzled by what our Afghanistan strategy actually is. In the recent strategy review, the emphasis was placed on dismantling, disrupting and destroying the al Qaeda network. While General David Petraeus has been more an advocate of a counterinsurgency campaign (frequently this is involved with forms of nation building); the stated emphasis may be better aligned with counterterrorism techniques. Are there any good examples of successful counterinsurgency campaigns? Are there any good examples of nation building led by the military? If counterinsurgency and nation building falls by the wayside, will the humanitarian concerns also be pushed to the side? Should we step aside and allow Afghanistan shape its own institutions and culture without active, outside influence?

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