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U.S. Sen. Jim Webb on Afghanistan Strategy

Interviewed on C-SPAN's Washington Journal, U.S. Sen. Jim Webb defendsPresident Obama's deliberate approach to determining the direction ofU.S. strategy in Afghanistan. Webb says the war in Afghanistan cannotbe appropriately analogized to Iraq. Even if it could, Webb believesthat the lessons of Iraq don't necessarily make the case for a surge oftroops in Afghanistan for a full-blown counterinsurgency.

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