James B. Cunningham: “An orderly and legitimate constitutional political transition through Presidential elections in 2014 is critical to…”

The contest between these two visions is the defining theme of our age.

I think that, under the circumstances, that timeline is probably too short and the rate of withdrawal is too steep.

I do not think there is a strategy of attrition or withdrawal that will work in any timeframe that we would want to see, certainly.

The strategic partnership and the successful NATO summit in Chicago and the Tokyo conference send a clear message to the Afghan people and to the region that Afghanistan will have the support of the international community and of the…