ARTICLE: U.S. Sets Metrics to Assess War Success, By Karen DeYoung, Washington Post, August 30, 2009

How Rumsfeldian! Metrics to track progress in Afghanistan.

Crazy and Vietnam-ish when Bush and Co. spoke such nonsense in Iraq, but cool and rational now with Obama and Co. diagnosing Af-Pak.

But it does point up the reality that our doctrinal deficit here is still huge, along with effective MOEs (measures of effectiveness).

So Afghanistan adds to the learning, all right.