Afghanistan and U.S. Interests: Kotkin vs Nagl

[jmm99]

from Ken
That was before McNamara and Earle Wheeler...

at least as to McNamara - I have to pass on Wheeler (insufficient knowledge).

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From a civilian and political standpoint, any enclave concept would have to take transportation and communications into account. Setting up enclaves in say a dozen or so of Astan's widely separated cities would simply set up a dozen or so Dien Bien Phus. More logical would be enclaving on the basis of local commerce (such as it is), where the enclaves would be relatively self-sufficient with respect to the indigenous populace - and close enough to be eventually networked.

Someone military can address the military pros and cons of enclaving.