So Fred Kaplan here (via Shmuel Rosner) is saying that there's no sign of the necessary preconditions for a Pashtun Awakening or the like that would allow an Afghanistan surge to succeed.I find this curious, because just last night your Volgi was reading this article thinking, "Hmm, if this is true and widespread enough, this could be turned into a Pashtun Awakening."
You make the call.