Overall, judging from the U.S. mass media, you might think that there’s not much to debate about…Obama’s recent announcement that he’ll send 17,000 additional troops to that country — with more deployments expected by the end of this year…[but]…notably, New York Times columnist Bob Herbert came through with a March 3 piece that directly challenged the faulty logic of the president’s move toward doubling U.S. troop levels in Afghanistan by next year
