President Obama kicks off a series of meetings tomorrow with the National Security Council about strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan. Will Obama agree to the military's request for a troop surge? What effect will the dispute over Afghanistan's recent presidential election have on US policy? As American public support for the war in Afghanistan declines, will the President be more likely to pay attention to anti-war activists than his predecessor did? Will Afghanistan become Obama's Vietnam?
Afghanistan, the New Vietnam?
Credits
Guests:
- Stephen Philip Cohen - Brookings Institution
- George Packer - staff writer at The Atlantic
- Ahmed Rashid - Pakistani journalist
- Phyllis Bennis - Fellow, Institute for Policy Studies