It’s an unfortunate analogy, given what’s happening back home, but Gen. David Petraeus relies on traditional counterinsurgency language when he talks about expanding an “oil spot” of security in Afghanistan.

Originally posted here:
Petraeus explains Afghan security plan

The new commander of foreign forces in Afghanistan, Gen David Petraeus, says he will not be bound by a 2011 target date to begin withdrawing US troops.

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Petraeus hedges over Afghan exit

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has made clear that his objective in releasing tens of thousands of classified documents was to “end the war in Afghanistan” and “oppose an unjust [war] plan before it reaches implementation.” He may well achieve his goal. Assange’s illegal disclosures are helping the Taliban to undermine Gen. David Petraeus’s counterinsurgency strategy before it has a chance to work.

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Undoing WikiLeaks’s damage