[Peace-discuss] Paul Pillar: Afghanistan a "Terrorist Haven"? So What?

[Robert Naiman]

It's been a parameter of debate that the United States cannot allow Al
Qaeda to re-establish a "terrorist haven" in Afghanistan. But in
today's Washington Post, Paul Pillar challenges this assumption.
Pillar asks: "How much does a [terrorist] haven affect the danger of
terrorist attacks against U.S. interests, especially the U.S.
homeland?" And he answers: "not nearly as much as unstated assumptions
underlying the current debate seem to suppose."

http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/node/333

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/9/16/12837/8348

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Robert Naiman
Just Foreign Policy
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