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President Obama: Afghanistan Needs More Than a Military Solution

Patricia DeGennaro | Posted 10.29.2009 | World

Read More: Obama Afghanistan, Department of Defense, Anthony Zinni Obama, Anthony Zinni, War in Afghanistan, President Barack Obama, Afghan War, Hillary Clinton Secretary of State, Mcchrystal Afgahn Strategy, Department of State, Civil-Military Relations, Robert Gates, John Abizaid, Stanley McChrystal, Congressional Oversight, Afghan Civilians, Aghanistan, Afghanis, World News
Patricia DeGennaro

The news media has an annoying tendency to focus on the symptoms, not the disease.

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Two Guys Walk Into A Bar...

Tom Matlack | Posted 11.16.2009 | Media

Read More: Iraq War, Trailer, Football, Matt Weiner, Aghanistan, Manhood, Shepard Fairey, Movies, Media News
Tom Matlack

These two guys set out to write a book about what it means to be a good man -- not self-help drivel, not book about guys for women.

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Strategic Communications and the Graveyard of Empires

John Brown | Posted 09.29.2009 | World

Read More: Psychological Warfare, Aghanistan, Richard Holbrooke, Propaganda, 9/11, Strategic Communications, Public Affairs, Michael Mullen, Karzai, Public Diplomacy, World News
John Brown

A conflict between Richard Holbrooke and Admiral Michael Mullen over public diplomacy in Afghanistan could be no more than the usual Washington tempest in a teapot. Or it might reflect a major problem.

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In Waiting To Strike Taliban, Pakistan Committed Strategic Blunder

Ahsan Butt | Posted 07.23.2009 | World

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Ahsan Butt

When the Taliban overstepped their bounds, both literally and metaphorically, it led to greater public support for aggressive action, and gave the civilian leadership badly needed political cover to order the latest military operation against the militants.

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US troops Won't Be Sent To Pakistan: Robert Gates

AP | LARA JAKES | Posted 06.07.2009 | World

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CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan — There are no plans to deploy U.S. ground troops to Pakistan, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday, ...

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Let's Speak the Truth About Afghanistan

Eric Margolis | Posted 08.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Jaap De Hoop, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Senator John McCain, Al-Qaida in Iraq, China, Chevron Iraq, Iraq War, Terror Attack, Senator Obama, Russia Oil, Chevron Corp, Taliban Fighters, Aghanistan, Islam Largest Religion, Afghan Taliban, President George Bush, Politics News
Eric Margolis

U.S. and NATO forces are not fighting "terrorists" in Afghanistan but a loose alliance of Pashtun warrior tribes whose resistance to foreign occupation is legendary.

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Analysts: Pakistan Allowing Militants To Regroup And Fortify

New York Times | CARLOTTA GALL and ISMAIL KHAN | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Pervez Musharraf, Warwire, Aghanistan, Taliban, Pakistan Government, Pakistan Militants, Pakistan, Al Qaeda Pakistan, Politics News

The announcement of a cease-fire just a few weeks into a determined military operation against one of Pakistan's most wanted men, the militant leader ...

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