[Peace-discuss] Cato Forum Monday 9/14: Should the United States Withdraw from Afghanistan?

[Robert Naiman]

Note that 1) this event is going to be broadcast on the web at the
link given and 2) it starts at 11 AM central.

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POLICY FORUM
Monday, September 14, 2009
12:00 PM (Luncheon to Follow)

Featuring Malou Innocent, Foreign Policy Analyst, Cato Institute, and
co-author of Escaping the 'Graveyard of Empires': A Strategy to Exit
Afghanistan; Col. T. X. Hammes, USMC (Ret.), National Defense
University; Robert Naiman, National Coordinator, Just Foreign Policy;
and Ted Galen Carpenter, Vice President for Defense and Foreign Policy
Studies, Cato Institute, and co-author of Escaping the 'Graveyard of
Empires': A Strategy to Exit Afghanistan. Moderated by Christopher
Preble, Director of Foreign Policy Studies, Cato Institute.

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Nearly eight years after the fall of the Taliban regime, Afghanistan
struggles under the most brutal circumstances: corrupt and ineffective
state institutions; thousands of miles of unguarded borders; pervasive
illiteracy and poverty; and a dysfunctional international alliance
attempting to provide security for the country. Can "nation-building"
in the midst of a bloody insurgency succeed in such an environment?
What constitutes "success," and what price should we be willing to pay
for it? Does the United States have a compelling strategic rationale
for remaining in Afghanistan? Please join us for a lively discussion.

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