"The Winnable War"
"Every element of my skepticism was reinforced during a six-day tour of the country. Yet the people who work here make an overwhelming case that Afghanistan can become a functional, terror-fighting society and that it is worth sending our sons and daughters into danger to achieve this."
He makes an interesting case. I'm not sure how he arrives at some of his ideas, such as the Americans being so popular, but here's hoping he's right.
Arf