War weariness and change in strategy in US policy on Afghanistan

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Increasing war weariness on the part of the American public and in Congress has madeit politically possible for President Obama to move away from the costly civil-militarycounterinsurgency strategy, without needing to fear criticism from the Republicans.The creeping transition to what is known as a counterterrorism strategy widens thescope for troop reduction. Militarily, this strategy hardly entails much more than theelimination of as many insurgents as possible by kill or capture operations - whetherin the hope of forcing the opponent's leaders to negotiate, or in the expectation thatthis will put stronger Afghan security forces in a better position to manage the remainingdanger. As part of this counterterrorism strategy, the US would like to maintain amilitary presence in Afghanistan beyond 2014

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: SWP Comments ; No. 31/2011

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Politik

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Rudolf, Peter
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP)
• (where): Berlin
• (when): 2011

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/256169
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:41 AM CET