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16 January 2009
General (ret.) Barry McCaffrey is an ex-drug Czar. He is deeply concerned about Mexico. Recently, I met with General McCaffrey privately for more than two hours. I asked for his thoughts on Iraq and Afghanistan. Yet to my surprise, his concern that Mexico could collapse was immense. If McCaffrey is concerned, we all should being paying attention. Something serious must be brewing in Mexico.
Please listen to this short report on National Public Radio.
And see General McCaffrey's Mexico Report.
This is why I listen to General McCaffrey.
The War in Afghanistan has truly begun. This will be a long, difficult fight that is set to eclipse anything we’ve seen in Iraq. As 2010 unfolds, my 6th year of war coverage will unfold with it. There is relatively little interest in Afghanistan by comparison to previous interest in Iraq, and so reader interest is low. Afghanistan is serious, very deadly business. Like Iraq, however, it gets pushed around as a political brawling pit while the people fighting the war are mostly forgotten. The arguments at home seem more likely to revolve around a few words from the President than the ground realities of combat here. I can bring the ground realities, but can sustain the coverage only by the graciousness of readers. Please keep that in mind. Please click…
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