Hamid Karzai Commentary

Karzai Might Be Right

President Hamid Karzai's move to postpone seating Afghanistan's parliament is legit.

Scrounging for Answers in Afghanistan

Here's hoping the classified version of the Afghanistan strategy review has more meat on the bone than the bland public assessment.

Where it's Corruption or the Taliban

Corruption is endemic to Afghanistan. Petraeus's plan to root it out is Washington's only chance of even a modicum of success.

Paralysis in Pakistan

The last thing Pakistan needed right now was a confrontation with the United States and NATO over Afghanistan.

McChrystal vs. Obama

This is the biggest civil-military showdown since Truman and MacArthur.

The Peace Jirga

Karzai’s big confab isn’t likely to solve anything.

Unjust War

The situation of women in Afghanistan, though horrid, does not warrant more years of costly conflict.

The President's Address

This isn’t the campaign. Obama should have given a policy speech instead of one filled with rhetorical flourishes.

A False Awakening

Afghanistan is not Iraq. Cutting deals with “the tribes” will backfire.

The Lady Vanishes

Hillary Clinton can be assertive when she wants. Why isn’t she a more forceful voice in Obama’s foreign policy?

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May 26, 2012