The 3-Minute Drill

Did Obama Blunder In War?

Rajiv Chandrasekaran Sums Up the Afghan Mess-Quickly

When President Obama decided to order a troop surge in Afghanistan, he set off a war within the war. Infighting, corruption, and incompetence stymied even the most seasoned bureaucrats and soldiers. What have we learned? What’s going on now? Washington Post reporter Rajiv Chandrasekaran, author of Little America: The War Within the War for Afghanistan, fields a flurry of brisk questions from Editor T.A. Frank in The 3-Minute Drill.


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