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D-Day For The U.S. In Afghanistan: Realism Vs. Idealism

William E. Jackson Jr. | Posted 12.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Counter-Insurgency, Al Qaeda, President Obama, Pakistan, Strategy, Taliban, Afghanistan, Realism Over Idealism, Politics News
William E. Jackson Jr.

It troubles me that Obama is to give his big speech at West Point, because it only increases the pressure to pledge to the armed forces he will not permit an eventual end to the war that might prove their lives were lost in vain.

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Afghanistan, Again: The Thicket Obama's Not Getting Out Of

William Bradley | Posted 10.29.2009 | World

Read More: Hamid Karzai, Jihadists, Al Qaeda, Abdullah Abdullah, Afghanistan, 9/11, Joe Biden, Tony Blair, Barack Obama, Nato, Counter-Insurgency, Northern Alliance, Counter-Terrorist, Stanley McChrystal, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Taliban, Ahmad Shah Massoud, Nation-Building, Nobel Peace Prize, Osama Bin Laden, World News
William Bradley

We can't afford to build a nation in Afghanistan. We have one reasonable goal there, and everything else, no matter how seemingly noble it may or may not be, is a luxury.

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Afghanistan: A Whole New Approach

Jim Wallis | Posted 10.29.2009 | World

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Jim Wallis

When you massively intervene in a country as much as the U.S. has in Afghanistan, you can't responsibly just walk away. We must lead with what works -- development.

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Afghan Troop Request Hides Real Numbers

Jeff Stein | Posted 10.15.2009 | World

Read More: Politics, Pentagon, Counterterrorism, Afghanistan, Counter-Insurgency, War, Obama, stanley_mcchrystal, Frontline, 60_minutes, celeste_ward, john_nagl, World News
Jeff Stein

Despite grim new portraits of U.S. fortunes in Afghanistan, Washington's debate over troop levels continues unhinged from reality.

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Three Choices in Afghanistan: Counter-Terrorist War, Counter-Insurgency, and Containment

Howard Schweber | Posted 11.28.2009 | World

Read More: Mcchrystal, Counter-Insurgency, Counter-Terrorism, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Obama, War on Terrorism, Containment, World News
Howard Schweber

The problems that McChrystal identified with the present approach are daunting: a corrupt and illegitimate government, insurgents' use of safe havens in Pakistan, and pervasive fear and mistrust of the international forces.

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The Resilience of Terror

Peter Henne | Posted 02.10.2009 | World

Read More: Obama Transition, India, Al-Qaeda, Kashmir Conflict, Pakistan, Terrorism, War on Terror, Afghanistan, Obama Administration Afghanistan, 9/11, Bush Administration Foreign Policy, War on Terrorism, Osama Bin Laden, Lashkar-E-Taiba, Counter-Insurgency, Counter-Terrorism, Mumbai Attacks, Bush Administration Iraq, Obama Administration Foreign Policy, World News
Peter Henne

As we enter the last month of the Bush presidency, progressives around the country are increasing in giddiness. Given the president's legion mistakes ...

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The Military Coup of 2012 Revisited

Bernard I. Finel | Posted 01.22.2009 | World

Read More: American Security Project, Military, Department of Defense, Iraq, Counter-Insurgency, World News
Bernard I. Finel

The United States has not undertaken a serious defense policy review since the Cold War. We have not paused to ask the most basic question, which is what precisely our military is for in this day and age.

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Will Barack Obama Think Twice about Afghanistan?

Stephen C. Rose | Posted 01.02.2009 | World

Read More: World, War in Afghanistan, Terrorism, Osama Bin Laden, President Obama, War, Diplomacy, Taliban, Obama Cabinet, Salon, Barack Obama, Gary Kamiya, National Security, Counter-Insurgency, New York Times, Michael Gordon, Afghanistan, Great Game, World News
Stephen C. Rose

If Michael Gordon's New York Times report is indicative, the window for a real debate leading to alternatives to an extended military event in Afghanistan (and Pakistan) is only open a crack.

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