Afghanistan war prospects debated

An 'Intelligence Squared' debate featuring three panelists FOR and three panelists AGAINST the proposition: America Cannot and Will Not Succeed in Afghanistan/Pakistan.

Guests

• Steven Clemons: Director of the American Strategy Program at the New America Foundation.
• Patrick Lang: Retired senior officer of the U.S. Military Intelligence and U.S. Army Special Forces. Former Department of Defense.
• Ralph Peters: Retired Army officer and author of 24 books. Columnist for the New York Post, USA Today, Armed Forces Journal and Fox News.
• Steve Coll: President and CEO of the New America Foundation, and staff writer at the New Yorker magazine. Author of "Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan and Bin Laden."
• John Nagl: President of the Center for a New American Security and retired US Army officer. Author of "Learning to Eat Soup with a Knife: Counterinsurgency Lessons."
• James Shinn: Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asia 2007-2008. Former national intelligence officer in East Asia and former U.S. Department of State. Co-author, "Political Power and Corporate Control."

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• Rep. Walz encourages public discourse on Afghanistan
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Resources

• Intelligence Squared debates web site