WEB ONLY BONUS for Afghanistan: the way forward
FRONTLINE is calling Afghanistan “Obama’s War.” The PBS documentary series kicks off its new season by playing out the wartime scenarios and the diplomatic frustrations in a war that has three fronts – the battlefield, the afghan leadership, and the Pakistani government. It’s a firsthand look at how the president's new strategy is taking shape, delivering vivid, on-the-ground reporting from this war's many fronts and the internal debates over President Obama's grand attempt to combat terrorism at its roots.
Following our panel discussion at the Autry National Center, Rep. Adam Schiff, Reza Aslan and Kalev Sepp answered audience questions, including, how can infantry win the hearts and minds of Afghans? What is the U.S. strategy for containing the opium trade? And, is Hamid Karzai the U.S.'s best strategic partner?
Panelists:
Adam B. Schiff, is a Democratic Congressman who represents California's 29th Congressional District, including the communities of Alhambra, Altadena, Burbank, Glendale, Griffith Park, Monterey Park, Pasadena, San Gabriel, South Pasadena, and Temple City. He holds seats on the House Appropriations Committee and the House Judiciary Committee. In early 2008 Schiff was named to a third major committee, the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, in recognition of his expertise on issues related to electronic surveillance. The Committee has authorization and oversight authority over the nation's intelligence services.
Reza Aslan is an internationally acclaimed writer and scholar of religions, is a contributing editor at the Daily Beast. His most recent book is How to Win a Cosmic War: God, Globalization, and the End of the War on Terror. An edited anthology, Words Without Borders: Writings from the Middle East, will be published by Norton in 2010. Aslan's first book is the New York Times Bestseller, No god but God: The Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam, which has been translated into thirteen languages, short-listed for the Guardian First Book Award in the UK, and nominated for a PEN USA award for research Non-Fiction.
Kalev I. Sepp lectures at the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California. He’s a former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and U.S. Army Special Forces officer. He wrote the 2005 Military Review article “Best Practices in Counterinsurgency” while assigned in Baghdad, and co-wrote Weapon of Choice, about U.S. special operations in Afghanistan in 2001-02, based on his on-site research there. His sons – a Marine and an Army paratrooper – both served in Iraq.
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