Tuesday, January 1, 2008

Giuliani Will Back a 'Surge' in Afghanistan


The New York Sun:

WASHINGTON — Mayor Giuliani will announce a new four-point war strategy in New Hampshire today, an effort to refocus a primary campaign season for Republicans that has centered in recent weeks less on foreign affairs and more on immigration and domestic issues.

Specifically, Mr. Giuliani will call for a new military surge in Afghanistan, a change in the way America's spies are promoted so that officers are rewarded for finding actionable intelligence and not just the number of agents they recruit, and a new war on Al Qaeda's intricate network of Web sites, sites used both to communicate with its agents in the field and to recruit new jihadis.

Mr. Giuliani's new proposal also comes as President Bush heads to Jerusalem this week for his first trip there as president, and as the White House comes to grips with the crisis in Pakistan after the assassination of the country's former premier, Benazir Bhutto.