Afghan Balance Sheets Will Show Western Mistakes
Peter Blechschmidt, Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German) | June 30, 2009
The international community is taking inventory of their expenditure in Afghanistan. ++ The results will reveal a wide range of shortfalls, especially on behalf of the EU. ++ In spite of the existing realization that the Afghan war will not be won with weapons, inadequacies such as "deficits in international coordination, unkept promises and rivalry among governments" must be addressed. ++ "There are manifold reasons for the EU's failure." ++ The next step must be stronger cooperation among governments.
