David Frum’s new vehicle is called “Frum Forum,” but judging from this debate over American foreign policy with Andrew Bacevich on Bloggingheads, it might as well be called “Frum’s Alternate Universe.” The clip below features Frum arguing that U.S. Full Article at Cato@Liberty

Have you noticed? More and more people are falling off the war in Afghanistan: George Will, Andrew Bacevich, Gary Wills, John Mearsheimer, and now...Karl Eikenberry, former American commander Afghanistan and present Ambassador there. Full Article at Huffington Post

"... the problem with the first lesson of Iraq and Afghanistan -- that the Pentagon needs to get better at waging 'small wars' -- is that it overlooks far more fundamental matters. Full Article at Big Think

"It fundamentally harms the long-term cause of global peace if America permits itself to move through history in a remorseless, irresponsible cycle wherein a Bush-type leader launches reckless wars and an Obama-type leader yanks our troops out. Full Article at Huffington Post

Now, the top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan is asking for tens of thousands more troops to stem the escalating insurgency, raising the question of how many more troops it would take to succeed. Full Article at San Francisco Chronicle

Despite the public relations campaign that has so many folks convinced the surge in Iraq was a success, the country is still a zoo. Full Article at at-Largely