Sam Stein had the opportunity to hear Said Jawad, who's been Afghanistan's ambassador to the USA since 2003, talk about the national security situation and reports that while Jawad avoided any specific mention of Barack Obama or John McCain, he broadly endorsed what Obama has been saying about Afghanistan. It seems, in short, that both Iraqi and Afghan leaders agree that Obama is right and Bush is wrong about the need to rebalance away from Iraq and toward Afghanistan.
Matthew Yglesias is a former writer and editor at The Atlantic.
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