Crisis of confidence around the Afghan campaign

The Guardian has a good article comparing the current Afghan campaign to the pitfalls of the Soviet occupation: http://ping.fm/DgZQw

Not surprisingly, the media is now seeing Kabul as the new Baghdad, and giving it much higher priority: http://ping.fm/Zwjer

Tough to say whether Pakistan is in the fore- or background at this point...: http://ping.fm/A19ez