Senlis Council slams ISAF

This is the group Scott Taylor was recently travelling with in Afstan.

A "make or break" situation is facing the international community in southern Afghanistan in the coming months, with the threat from the Taliban of a major spring offensive against international forces. Musa Qala fell two weeks ago; the Taliban now have the big towns in their sights and anyone who can leave has already left. The latest Field Report from The Senlis Council, Counter Insurgency in Afghanistan: Losing Friends and Making Enemies concludes that the international communities' own policies are responsible for the dramatic loss of support for the Karzai government and international presence in the southern provinces of Afghanistan over the past year - and for the rise in the insurgency...

Read on. There are some good points amidst the barrage of negativity. But one wonders how they imagine this recommendation can be followed right now in light of the security situation in southern Afstan:

10) Development and aid investments equal to military spending...

As for Mr Taylor, more at this post (second part).