Washington Post: Bureaucratic Infighting Between the Allocation of Resources Necessary to launch CI Operations in Afghanistan

It is my view that the military should take the lead in counterinsurgency operations, with civilians conducting stability operations once combat operations have ceased in a given area. It seems like the DoD and the DoS are fighting between who does what.

I say let the military take the lead and the State Department can conduct its operations in areas where civilians can make progress and results without being undermined by insurgent forces.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/07/AR2009100704088.html?wprss=rss_nation/nationalsecurity