incremental commitment has EFTA00660530 to be weighed against the cost to our economic security and our readiness to face the next real threat. Karl Eikenberry, who served in Afghanistan both as a military commander and as ambassador, put it this way: "If we do not in the future better align ends, ways and

crations, every incremental commitment has to be weighed against the cost to our economic security and our readiness to face the next real threat. Karl Eikenberry, who served in Afghanistan both as a military commander and as ambassador, put it this way: "If we do not in the future better align ends, ways and

ghan people that no one was above the law. ... For about a year after the scandal became public, the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, led by then- Ambassador Karl Eikenberry, made the case a top priority and pressed Karzai to take action, three former officials told government interviewers. But they said the embassy bac

fghan people that no one was above the law. ... For about a year after the scandal became public, the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, led by then- Ambassador Karl Eikenberry, made the case a top priority and pressed Karzai to take action, three former officials told government interviewers. But they said the embassy bac

s at Stanford University. Elizabeth Economy is the C.V. Starr Senior Fellow and Director for Asia Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. Gen. Karl Eikenberry (Ret.) is the Oksenberg-Rohlen Fellow, Director of the US-Asia Security Initiative and faculty member at Stanford University’s Shorenstein Asia-Pacif