If We Fight Iraq: The Lessons of the Fighting in Afghanistan

Report by Anthony H. Cordesman

Published December 7, 2001

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It may be premature to draw lessons from the Afghan conflict, but a number of efforts are already underway to argue that our experience in Afghanistan is a model of what would happen in a war in Iraq. Any effort to draw such lessons needs to be caveated very carefully. There are many differences between the political and military situation in the two cases. At the same time, the similarities are as much an argument for caution as for action.

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Anthony H. Cordesman

Anthony H. Cordesman

Former Emeritus Chair in Strategy

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