Afghan Army

Missing Elements of a Comprehensive Strategy in Afghanistan

Lisa Schirch | Posted 11.17.2009 | World

Read More: Obama Afghanistan, US Military, Strategy, Afghanistan, Afghanistan Surge, National Solidarity Program, Afghanistan Corruption, Afghan Police, Afghan Army, World News

The center of gravity in Afghanistan is not the military war, but the "war of ideas." America's version of the Taliban, the KKK, was not defeated. The force of public opinion made them irrelevant.

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U.S. Marines Fight With Little Aid From Afghans

nytimes.com | RICHARD A. OPPEL Jr. | Posted 09.22.2009 | World

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KHAN NESHIN, Afghanistan American Marines secured this desolate village in southern Afghanistan nearly two months ago, and last week they were fortify...

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Abstract Quality Journalism

Norman Solomon | Posted 08.01.2009 | Media

Read More: President Obama, Quality Journalism, Peter K. Cross, New York Times, Afghanistan, Iraq, Rick Reyes, Journalism, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Afghan Army, Steven T. Drees, Media News

The political rhetoric in Washington is close to 100 percent humanitarian, while the new supplemental infusion of U.S. spending for Afghanistan is 90 percent military.

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Robert Gates Says It Will Take At Least 2-4 Years For Afghan Army To Take The Lead (VIDEO)

CBS News | Posted 06.14.2009 | World

Read More: Afghan Army Take the Lead, Gates on Afghanistan, Pentagon Chief, Robert Gates, US Troops in Afghanistan, At Least Two to Four Years, Afghan Army, World News

The job of wartime defense secretary is not a job anybody should like says the man holding it right now, Robert M. Gates, in a candid and wide-ranging...