You don't need to be a mathematical genius to figure out that enticing the Taliban to switch sides would be a whole lot cheaper than fighting them in a counterinsurgency. It might be too late.
Israel seems to borrowing from Deng Xiaoping's playbook in the West Bank. It won't work for long.
George Will's vociferous defense of Israel stems from a keen sense of history. The Holocaust always looms large.
Afghan troops can't read, Afghan voters can't vote, but spooks are spying more than ever.
We should be asking the question of why we are there at all.