Professor: Jihadist Threat Is Bigger Than Afghanistan

from National Public Radio

One analyst watching the new Afghan strategy with some disappointment is Andrew Bacevich, a foreign policy specialist at Boston University who is a Vietnam veteran and whose son was killed in Iraq. Bacevich tells Steve Inskeep that the jihadist threat is transnational, and the U.S. staying in Afghanistan won't solve the problem.

Broadcast Dates

• Morning Edition, December 3, 2009