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Contemplation of Drone Strikes in Quetta Belies Obama's Claim of Just War

Derrick Crowe | Posted 12.14.2009 | World

Read More: Civilian Deaths, Rethink Afghanistan, Civilian Casualties, Peter Bergen, Union Square, Afghanistan, Quetta Shura, David Kilcullen, Drones, Quetta, Andrew Exum, Katherine Tiedemann, World News
Derrick Crowe

The US is rattling a saber about killing people in Quetta, despite all the inevitable civilian death and mass outrage. Such a move would show the shallowness of the "just war" talk in Obama's disgraceful Nobel paean to Mars.

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Basic Truths in Hoh Resignation Letter Were True When He Took His Job

David Quigg | Posted 10.30.2009 | World

Read More: Andrew Bacevich, President Obama, Andrew Sullivan, Garrison Keillor, George W. Bush, 9/11, Matthew Hoh, United States, State Department, Hoh Resignation, Barack Obama, Troops, Andrew Exum, Afghanistan War, Politics News, Steve Coll, Rory Stewart, Counterinsurgency, Richard Holbrooke, Michael Semple, Warwire, Military, Washington Post, Afghanistan, Christopher Buckley, Terrorism, Counterterrorism, World News
David Quigg

The basic grim truths that Matthew Hoh wrote about in his much-quoted resignation letter were all basically true when he took his job a few months ago.

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Vested Interests in Afghanistan

Derrick Crowe | Posted 11.09.2009 | World

Read More: El Salvador, Eric Martin, Brookings, Afghanistan, Rethink Afghanistan, Counterinsurgency, Andrew Exum, Bruce Riedel, World News
Derrick Crowe

Bruce Riedel at Brookings says we have a vested interest in shoring up Karzai's legitimacy. That's not surprising, given that Riedel certainly has such a vested interest.

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Obama's Team Stumbling Into Afghanistan Trap

Steve Clemons | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Zalmay Khalilzad, John McCain, New America Foundation, Pakistan, Jon Nagl, US Foreign Policy, Center for a New American Security, Barack Obama, Bonn Conference, Andrew Exum, Insurgency, Taliban, Parag Khanna, Afghanistan, James Dobbins, Kori Schake, Michele Flournoy, Kurt Campbell, Giuiliani, Politics News
Steve Clemons

Throwing more troops into the mess in Afghanistan is the kind of mistake that the previous administration would make. Obama needs to show that he has learned something of those mistakes.

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