Afghanistan: Obama's Other War

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

The Afghan government now says it's arranged a truce with a group of Taliban in a district in northern Afghanistan in order to allow elections to go ahead on August 20 and to permit development projects to proceed in the area. The Takeaway talks with Professor Anthony Cordesman, Burke Chair in Strategy at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C. who just got back from a month-long trip in Afghanistan.

"Wars aren't fought with strategies, they're fought with resources. The Bush administration made a decision to basically not resource the Afghan war and to support the Iraq war."
—Anthony Cordesman on U.S. involvement in Afghanistan

Guests:

Anthony Cordesman

Contributors:

Sitara Nieves

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