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Afghanistan: A True Alternative

Michael Brenner | Posted 11.16.2009 | World

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Michael Brenner

The US must abandon the illusions that American well-being depends on shaping the affairs of other places wherever something happens that discomforts us; and that people in those places want us to take custody of their well-being.

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Obama Afghanistan Decision: Not A Question Of Whether To Send More Troops, But How Many

New York Times | Thom Shanker, Peter Baker and Helene Cooper | Posted 10.28.2009 | Politics

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President Obama's advisers are focusing on a strategy for Afghanistan aimed at protecting about 10 top population centers, administration officials sa...

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Getting the Vietnam Analogy Right in Afghanistan

Leon T. Hadar | Posted 10.21.2009 | World

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Leon T. Hadar

The ghosts of the Vietnam War seem to be hanging around the White House Situation Room as President Obama and his national security aides debate a new strategy for the war in Afghanistan.

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Obama vs Cheney: Future vs Past

Darin Murphy | Posted 06.21.2009 | Politics

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Darin Murphy

Cheney filled his time speaking with fear-induced anger, inaccurate claims, righteous indignation and cheap shots at Europe.

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Planes, Presidents, and the Big Apple

Giles Slade | Posted 02.17.2009 | Politics

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Giles Slade

Politicians are mainly now-guys, welded to the present, forced to react to the remorseless wheel of change with little time to see bigger pictures.

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Iraq: US Sunni Allies Protest Killings

AP | KIM GAMEL | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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BAGHDAD — An anti-al-Qaida Sunni group announced Saturday it was temporarily withdrawing from its alliance with the American military in protest...

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