Bob Woodward's new book sheds light on the ways U.S. policy makers have stood Clausewitz on his head.
General Petraeus is no Ulysses S. Grant.
The Taliban are not the country bumpkins we often attribute them to be, but are capable of a sophistication that rivals our most intelligent military officers. We underestimate them at our peril.
It's hard to call the surge in Iraq a true success. That doesn't bode well for Afghanistan.
Petraeus and company may talk about the "conditions" for withdrawal, but they are actually laying the groundwork to keep U.S. troops in Afghanistan longer, regardless of the situation on the ground.