Derek Thompson
Former NJIA editor and current staff editor at The Atlantic reflects on what to do in Afghanistan.
I wade into the Afghanistan debate with trepidation. I’m going to begin with something that’s customarily antithetical to American foreign policy: A dash of humility.
I have never published an Afghanistan paper in Foreign Affairs. I have never sat with an Afghanistan military general. I have never stepped on Afghanistan soil, much less spilled my blood on it. Being a part of one of those groups might grant me greater authority on the subject, …