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December 07, 2006

"Bring on the Afghan Study Group"

The notion of an Afghan Study Group is not a bad idea, but Kempe's stark oversimplification of its mandate (including, e.g. "Fix the NATO-EU rivalry") suggests his call is rhetorical, rather than sincere. What sort of effort would give U.S. policymakers cover to change tack in Afghanistan? The genuinely multinational nature of the challenges in Afghanistan suggest no study group could be serious without high-level international participants and conveners. Yet multinational recommendations are suspect in Washington...

Bring on the Afghan Study Group
RIGA, Latvia, Dec. 7, (SLATE) By Frederick Kempe: So, while the world scrutinizes the much-anticipated report of the Iraq Study Group—and the extent to which President Bush embraces its findings—it should at the same time launch a similar and equally urgent initiative for Afghanistan.

It might already be too late to save Iraq from civil war or worse, but there's still time to save the moderate, pro-Western regime in Afghanistan...Here is an initial agenda for an Afghan Study Group... MORE

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