Strategic Paradigms by Ehsan Ahrari

The “runaway” General, Stanley McChrystal, was fired today by President Barack Obama. The general committed a number of major faux pas. First, he granted a candid interview to a tabloid magazine, Rolling Stone, seemingly without establishing strict ground rules about what can or cannot be reported. Second, his key aides adopted trashy language to disparage [...]

President Barack Obama’s recent admission that the U.S. is not winning in Afghanistan is quite refreshing when compared to George W. Bush’s arrogant declaration of “mission accomplished” in Iraq in June 2003.  Obama’s candor notwithstanding, the most important thing is that the U.S. should not lose in Afghanistan.  Allowing Afghanistan to descend into chaos once [...]