Troop Escalation

Dear President Obama: New Orleans Needs a Surge

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 05.25.2011

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Karen Dalton-Beninato

You are invited to impose security. Strategy, slogans, a new direction, we'll take it all. You are now marching toward escalation; please escalate at home to reassure a crime-weary New Orleans.

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Afghanistan Is the War Obama Always Wanted

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Earl Ofari Hutchinson

Only the most hopelessly naïve, star struck or a true believer could have ever thought that President Obama would not dump massive numbers of fresh troops into Afghanistan.

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My Talk with Mike Mullen

Shihab Rattansi | Posted 05.25.2011

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Shihab Rattansi

I've spent the week speaking with military leaders about the spilling of more blood. What becomes clear is that they genuinely believe that the judicious application of force can make the world a better place.

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Sam Stein

Bush Officials, RNC Praise Obama's Afghan Knowledge And Surge Strategy

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Two prominent Bush administration officials are publicly praising President Obama for his decision to send additional troops to Afghanistan. In an in...

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Escalation Without A Plan: Top U.S. Officials Admit To Having No Plan for Afghanistan

Thenation.com, Getafghanistanright.com | By Katrina Vanden Heuvel | Posted 05.25.2011

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Does this sound familiar? "We have no strategic plan. We never had one." That's how a senior US military commander described the war in Afghanis...

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