Thursday, June 24, 2010

Cordesman report on Afghanistan

H/T Winds of Change blog

Anthony H. Cordesman's report for CSIS, Realism in Afghanistan: Rethinking an Uncertain Case for the War, 16 June 2010.

Quote I want to keep in mind: "Nearly 40% of the population is partially dependent on UN food aid for basic subsistence, and most Afghans have to do anything they can to survive – whether this involves opium or what the West calls corruption."