Sunrise in Afghanistan, photo by Army.mil.
What Is the Obama Administration's Goal for Our Troops in Afghanistan?
09/04/2009 at 9:00 a.m.
For troops in Afghanistan, July and August were the deadliest months in an eight year conflict. Now that the U.S. military is focused on Afghanistan, what is the objective? Is the focus still a "war on terror?" Is capturing or killing Osama Bin Laden a priority? In the nearly eight years of fighting there, what have we accomplished? How do know when we've succeeded? And how is Afghanistan different from fighting in Iraq?
Plus, Cliff Mass joins us with a weekend weather forecast.
Guest(s)
John Dempsey is director of the Kabul office of the U.S. Institute of Peace. He is currently located in Kabul, Afghanistan.
Aunohita Mojumdar is a freelance reporter based in Kabul. She has written for the Christian Science Monitor, The Times of India, and Al Jazeera.
Gordon M. Goldstein is the author of "Lessons In Disaster: McGeorge Bundy and the Path to War in Vietnam." He will speak to the comparisons of Vietnam and Afghanistan.
Douglas Ollivant is a retired Army officer and private business and security consultant. He previously served as a Director for Iraq at the National Security Council and as the Chief of Plans for MultiNational Division Baghdad. He will speak to the many differences between Iraq and Afghanistan.
Cliff Mass is a UW Atmospheric Scientist.
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- Cliff Mass
