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Cutting through the smoke and baloney on Afghanistan.

Note: There was an error–soon to be corrected, I hope–in communication between me and the fact-checker. I actually believe that the President’s final decision will be a bit more robust than the plan advocated by Les Gelb: 20,000 troops, equally divided between troops sent to secure Kandar city and trainers for the Afghan security forces.