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Abu Muqawama on Charlie Rose TONIGHT
I just filmed a long interview with Charlie Rose for tonight's show. I'll be talking strategy in Afghanistan and sharing observations from my trip. I do not think I have ever taped a remote interview this long before, so hopefully I am coherent. Consult your local listings in order to watch and make fun of me in the comments section.
I'll have to catch the
I'll have to catch the interview online - got rid of cable, got rid of television. It rots your brain, you know.
*I hope you explain the Af-Pak strategy in a way that my feeble brain can understand. Making the argument is part of the whole winning thing, I'm pretty sure.....
**No, I am not your biggest fan or anything, despite the constant and instantaneous commenting here, although I am sure you are all fine people at CNAS. I'm procrastinating, like everyone else on the internets. Although, why I have to provide documentary evidence in terms of blog comments is beyond me....
Primal Scream: Moving on
Primal Scream: Moving on up...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0m7zEhG8Ko
Geting to be up there. Real power over life and death. Woooo.
London. Sir.
Umm, wow. Don't know about
Umm, wow. Don't know about you but in my mind Charlie Rose is about as good as it gets with the long form interview. Good stuff, will listen to it at work once posted to his site.
Look forward to seeing
Umm, wow. Don't know about
Umm, wow. Don't know about you but in my mind Charlie Rose is about as good as it gets with the long form interview. Good stuff, will listen to it at work once posted to his site.
Look forward to seeing if you can make it look optimistic for me.
great interview. I was
great interview. I was particularly struck by the fact that you specifically pointed out our lack of knowledge on networks, as well as the variation in the structure of the conflict regionally through the country.
I'm curious if anyone knows if all the money spent on Human Terrain research has actually resulted in people on the ground with useful knowledge about the tribal culture and networks. Josh Foust has recently pointed out (http://www.registan.net/index.php/2009/07/23/unfit-interpreters/) that we havent done much in the last 8 years to boost the language skills of military and civil service personnel. Are we as far (or further) behind on networks?
The head-bobbing is gone!
The head-bobbing is gone! This is a positive development.
Overall I thought it was confident and polished, if not necessarily anything cutting edge for those who frequent the blog. Your comments on GEN McChrystal won't get you any slack from SNLII, though!
Excellent interview, Andrew.
Excellent interview, Andrew. I immediately looked up the CNAS website after watching the episode. It's great to see a dedicated person like yourself involved in ensuring our success in Afghanistan. Good luck with all future endeavors!
Great job!
Great job!
Great Job!
Great Job!
Great interview! Charlie
Great interview! Charlie Rose is the big time!
And none too soon. AFPAK isn't just the Obama administration's new focus.
Qaeda Senior AFPAK Leader Abu Yahya al-Libi says Victory or Martyrdom in Swat
I am curious to know why
I am curious to know why illiteracy isn't discussed more as a big obstacle in the development of the Afghan? You think about government, lawyers, doctors, a professional army, policing and reading and it seems a requirement. People know Afghanistan has high illiteracy rates, so is it not an issue or is it just one that is being solved?
Found the Charlie Rose
Found the Charlie Rose interview last night very interesting. However, I did not understand the McCrystal/Grant analogy with the Battle of Chattanooga. The more apt analogy would have been Grant during the Overland Campaign (Wilderness, Spotsylvania Court House, North Anna River, Cold Harbor) in which he proposed "to fight it out on this line if it takes all summer." And we all know how many casualties Grant suffered in winning that line.
Well done. I think that
Well done. I think that video clip might be the single most effective one-stop shop for an introductory description of "the issues" in Afghanistan available. As such, I'd certainly direct anyone with any curiosity on the issue to view it as step one.
Do such people exist? I'd like to believe so.
Nice job--as soon as I
Nice job--as soon as I finished watching my recording of your appearance on Charlie Rose I got online and found your blog--the first blog I have ever purposely visited. I'm a bit of a news and policy junkie, but I thought you presented the Afghan situation more clearly than I have seen before. I guess I'm one of those people Greyhawk (see above) is hoping for.
"ensuring our success in
"ensuring our success in Afghanistan"???
Success in Afghanistan will consist of everyone but CT forces leaving asap regardless of the situation we leave behind. There is nothing in Afghanistan worth the cash being spent on it. The "surge" and the inevitable "son and grand son of surge" are bigger threats to the US than the Taliban. Because it's being fought with borrowed cash the true cost is at least triple what's advertised to go along with the also inevitable hollowing out of the military.
Is limited "success" in Afghanistan worth several trillion dollars? That's the strategic question that must be answered before McCrystal et al are given the keys to the safe. We've been through this before. Does anyone think Iraq was worth it? And if country sitting on large oil fields wasn't how could Afghanistan be?
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