With General Petraeus’ stop on CBS Evening News with Katie Couric now halfway over, it’s worth taking a moment to unpack the unchallenged, false assertions and implications he’s piled up thus far on his media tour. We decided to look into the claims he made about “oil spots” of “progress” during his interview with NBC’s David Gregory. Both claims were absolute fantasies, and the remaining journalists on Petraeus’ tour owe their viewers more rigorous skepticism than what we saw on Meet the Press.
Petraeus’ Oily Spin about Progress in Afghanistan |
| By: Derrick Crowe Friday August 20, 2010 5:00 am |
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Spike in Civilian Casualties Shows U.S. War Policy Is Failing Afghans and Americans |
| By: Derrick Crowe Tuesday August 10, 2010 12:05 pm |
The new United Nations report on civilian casualties in Afghanistan shows that the U.S. strategy in Afghanistan is failing, even according to the military’s own doctrine. According to COIN theory, if you can’t prevent your own side from killing civilians, and you can’t offer credible assurances of security to the population, you lose. And, guess what? Judged by its own standards, the U.S. military is losing. It’s time to end this mission.
‘Hearts and Minds’ |
| By: CTuttle Wednesday January 13, 2010 4:52 pm |
Rethinking our priorities in Afghanistan…
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