An American Dilemma: Obama, Afghanistan and Vietnam with George Packer

1/3/2011; 59 minutes

George Packer, staff writer for "The New Yorker," argues that President Obama's policy on Afghanistan, and the war itself, show how difficult it is for the U.S. to send troops into combat without trying to change another country's politics as well. He contends it makes success unlikely. (#20261)

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