Today, the Obama administration is announcing the results of its
promised “review” of Afghanistan policy, a year after President Obama
acceded to the demands of the Pentagon to send 30,000 more troops. The
top line of the story the administration is presenting is “progress,”
and the main evidence for that “progress” is the say-so of General
Petraeus and his subordinates.
But the collective assessment of 16 U.S. intelligence agencies gives a
very different picture. In particular, the intelligence agencies say
Pakistan remains unwilling to stop providing support and sanctuary for
members of the Afghan Taliban.
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