http://blog.psaonline.org/2009/10/06/now-is-the-time-for-a-national-debate/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:45:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://blog.psaonline.org/2009/10/06/now-is-the-time-for-a-national-debate/comment-page-1/#comment-2109959 Matt Rojansky Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:00:09 +0000 http://blog.psaonline.org/?p=2522#comment-2109959 Your message here is absolutely right: we need a national debate on Afghanistan, and that debate must generate either the commitment to see the job through or the resolve to draw down and move on. I am reminded of the insight of another Across the Aisle regular, Chris Preble, who, in his latest book, identifies the first criterion for US military action as strong national support for the objective. This can't be a White House driven strategy with no public buy in. Your message here is absolutely right: we need a national debate on Afghanistan, and that debate must generate either the commitment to see the job through or the resolve to draw down and move on. I am reminded of the insight of another Across the Aisle regular, Chris Preble, who, in his latest book, identifies the first criterion for US military action as strong national support for the objective. This can’t be a White House driven strategy with no public buy in.

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