foreign policy establishment: surge a bust
Inside This e-Alert: The 2007 Terrorism Index
From Foreign Policy’s September/October 2007 Issue
The Bush administration and Gen. David Petraeus will soon release a
pivotal report on Iraq that is likely to raise more questions than it
answers. Are more troops helping? Would pulling them out only invite
al Qaeda attacks at home? To find out, FOREIGN POLICY and the Center
for American Progress surveyed more than 100 of the country’s most
respected foreign policy hands. This diverse group includes former
secretaries of state, national security advisors, senior White House
aides, top commanders in the U.S. military, seasoned intelligence
professionals, and distinguished academics.
The Terrorism Index is the only comprehensive, nonpartisan effort to
mine the highest echelons of the nation’s foreign-policy
establishment for its assessment of how the United States is fighting
the war on terror. These experts hardly march in lockstep, but
according to a growing majority, the “surge” is failing, the world is
becoming more dangerous, and victory in the war on terror may be
slipping away.
Complete report available at: http://www.ForeignPolicy.com/terrorismindex