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Going local: The key to Afghanistan

By Seth G. Jones

AUGUST 7, 2009, 7:50 P.M. ET

Going Local: The Key to Afghanistan

The U.S.�s strategy of building a centralized state is doomed to fail in a land of tribes

By SETH G. JONES

The Wall Street Journal

The rapidly deteriorating situation in Afghanistan is now President Barack Obama�s war, one he pledged to win during his election campaign, promising to �reverse course� and defeat