More on Afghanistan

To dovetail with Jason’s post below and mine just before it, the Wall Street Journal offers a piece today that states, “The election of Barack Obama will trigger a significant realignment ofU.S. national-security priorities, with Afghanistan and Pakistan gaining in prominence as resources are redirected from Iraq.” Moreover, “Aides said Mr. Obama is likely to deploy tens of thousands of additional U.S. troops to Afghanistan, where security conditions have worsened markedly in recent months and attacks by the Taliban and others have risen. They said Mr. Obama also would devote more attention to neighboring Pakistan, whose support is seen as crucial to defeating the Taliban and al Qaeda and stabilizing Afghanistan.”