Afghanistan: Is the Current Strategy Working?

America’s top commander in Afghanistan, General Stanley McChrystal, submitted a strategic review yesterday to General David Petraeus and to NATO. A version of that report will land on the desk of President Obama soon. While the full text of the report hasn’t been made public, what has come out is a glimpse of the general’s assessment: that the current strategy in Afghanistan is not working. With us is Richard Kemp, former commander of UK forces in Afghanistan. He is author of the book “Attack State Red.”

There’s another school of thought that we don’t hear from often: instead of a military surge, what is needed is a political surge. Fotini Christia joins the conversation — she’s an assistant professor of political science at MIT and recently returned from Afghanistan.