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It's All or Nothing in Afghanistan

As the strategy debate over Afghanistan rises to a fever pitch, insurgency expert Vanda Felbab-Brown says we shouldn't be fooled by options that lie seductively “in the middle.”

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In the Afghanistan strategy debate, two basic options have crystallized: a militarily beefed-up counterinsurgency or limited counterterrorism through selective strikes, many from the air and offshore.

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