President Obama announced his war strategy today, and the White House website has a nice recap as well as a direct link to a PDF file on the new policy. As expected, his strategy calls for more troops in Afghanistan and a coordinated attack on al Qaeda in Pakistan and Afghanistan. I was most interested in his plan to increase the number of civilian advisors that will assist Afghanistan in building their agricultural economy and promoting the kind of development that will make it harder for al Qaeda to recruit jihadists. I hope that fighting al Qaeda militarily while making peace more attractive (and profitable) for the people will be a winning strategy.
