I think this is where we find out what sort of conservatives we have here (at least from a foreign perspective). Who's the Neo-Con, and who's the Kissinger realist.
Comment here...Should the US continue with the current policy (but you have some particular insight on why "it'll work this time I swear" that hasn't been brought up), should the US cut and run, Biden plan, Sean's Biden Plan plus ruthless Tajik proposal?, A cooler more badass idea....
This stuff is over my head. I'll go with option D though. Because my name starts with D.
ReplyDeleteSee my comment in the original. Though Melkor's plan is a good ruthless plan, it assumes that the US is a good ruthless country. There's no chance that the Obama administration will impliment this because we are forfeiting any high moral motive (ie bringing peace and democracry to the poor Afghanis) for being there by going with Melkor's modified Biden Plan.
ReplyDeleteMelkor, you'll have to wait for President Palin to impliment it ;)
I am not basing this off of anything, but I think the President will want to achieve victory in Afghanistan. I would think that he would not want a defeat under his belt.
ReplyDeleteI think he will go the nation building route, since that seems to create the best possible conditions for a long term victory there.
I don't see America pulling out. There is an overall goal of the middle east policy started by Bush to get America a foot in the door in that vital and important region of the world. I think it is in America's long term interest to create a peaceful ally in that part of the world. I think there is a broader goal of America's foreign policy in that region of the world. I could be wrong.