Obama's Wars in 999 Words: Why Obama Can't Get Away from

This provocative essay by Asia Times correspondent Pepe Escobar is essential reading as a counterpoint to the conventional narrative of Woodward's book. 1100 words.

The key - one may say tragic - point of Woodward's book is that Obama not only cannot end the Afghan war; he cannot even downscale it to target only the fewer than 100 jihadis and the Pakistani Taliban sheltered in the tribal areas without incurring blowback. Woodward says that Obama is seriously betting on his exit strategy - he...