tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-681148865964431927.post4742686547372908799..comments2023-11-05T01:40:27.910-07:00Comments on FOGG OF WAR: The Iraq-Afghanistan ContradictionAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08399019375564825616noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-681148865964431927.post-5361673004436622762008-07-07T07:19:00.000-07:002008-07-07T07:19:00.000-07:00But in Afgahnistan, our troops and General Petraeu...<I>But in Afgahnistan, our troops and General Petraeus have shown that smart leadership and good policy can lead to lasting results.</I> I think you mean Iraq here.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, three answers in declining order of likelihood: 1) They're less well informed than you, and sticking with the ideas they formed a year or two ago. 2) They think that Al Queda (in Afghanistan) is actually the target, because they're the ones who caused 9/11, and so they're willing to fight harder against them than to fix Iraq, which is mostly orthogonal. 3) They think that things have improved sufficiently in Iraq that we can leave relatively consequence-free, and don't see that happening in Afghanistan yet.Charles Hopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17673209470354488997noreply@blogger.com