Failings of the Rumsfeld doctrine
Christian Science Monitor
by Carl Robichaud
09/21/06
This month's devastating wave of suicide attacks in Afghanistan (including three attacks on Monday, which brought the total number to 69 since 2005) is a grim reminder that Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, under fire for his role in Iraq, has been the architect of not one but two failing wars -- and of a dangerous vision for how to apply American power. August 2002 was Afghanistan's 'Mission Accomplished' moment. Mr. Rumsfeld declared the military effort 'a breathtaking accomplishment' and 'a successful model of what could happen to Iraq.' America had routed the Taliban, disrupted Al Qaeda, and set Afghanistan on a course for stability and democracy -- and it had done it Rumsfeld's way, at little cost and with minimal loss of life...
http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0921/p09s02-coop.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
by Carl Robichaud
09/21/06
This month's devastating wave of suicide attacks in Afghanistan (including three attacks on Monday, which brought the total number to 69 since 2005) is a grim reminder that Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, under fire for his role in Iraq, has been the architect of not one but two failing wars -- and of a dangerous vision for how to apply American power. August 2002 was Afghanistan's 'Mission Accomplished' moment. Mr. Rumsfeld declared the military effort 'a breathtaking accomplishment' and 'a successful model of what could happen to Iraq.' America had routed the Taliban, disrupted Al Qaeda, and set Afghanistan on a course for stability and democracy -- and it had done it Rumsfeld's way, at little cost and with minimal loss of life...
http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0921/p09s02-coop.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
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