Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Kaplan on Afghanistan


Fred Kaplan says he doesn't know what to do in Afghanistan, laying out the pros and cons of both sides of the argument:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/01/science/01tier.html. Essentially, it's a lot like the line delivered by the feather merchant after the Tet Offensive in "Full Metal Jacket": "It's a shit sandwich and we're all gonna take a bite." I guess it's admirable that Kaplan admits his fence sitting on the issue, though I'm guessing if W were still the president, Kaplan would be for whatever Bush was against and vice versa. Consider the source.

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