An Afghan study group of one; Bush should sit down with NATO's Gen. Jones.(OPED)(OWLS AND EAGLES) From: The Washington Times (Washington, DC) | Date: December 13, 2006 | COPYRIGHT 2006 The Washington Times LLC. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: Harlan Ullman, THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Last week's news was largely dominated by the Iraq Study Group and the release of its report. But what is also sorely needed is an Afghan Study Group.

The unstated purpose of the Iraq Study Group was to shock President Bush out of what many Americans saw as a state of denial over Iraq. The first line of the group report could not have been starker. "The situation is grave and deteriorating."

What was even more sweeping and largely missed in the study group's thinking was the seismic shift of the strategic center of gravity ...

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