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Obama War in Afghanistan

Obama Faces Revolt From Generals Over Strategy In Afghanistan

Rolling Stone | Robert Dreyfuss | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics

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In early October, as President Obama huddled with top administration officials in the White House situation room to rethink America's failing strategy...

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Religion Must Be Part of the Solution in Afghanistan

Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf | Posted 10.08.2009 | World

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Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf

We do have a moral responsibility -- not to mention a strategic interest -- in not abandoning the Afghan people. Now we must engage religion to be part of the solution.

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Inside Obama's First Afghan Military Campaign (VIDEO)

Posted 11.29.2009 | World

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VBS TV --- In the summer of 2009, Ben Anderson traveled to the Helmand Province in southern Afghanistan to document the first military campaign ordere...

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Murtha To Obama: No More Troops

Foreign Policy | Posted 11.14.2009 | Politics

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House defense spending cardinal John Murtha, an early bellwether of congressional opposition to the Iraq war, has made his strongest comments yet oppo...

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Gates: Victory In Iraq And Afghan Wars Challenge But Achievable (VIDEO)

Al Jazeera | Posted 11.08.2009 | World

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In a wide-ranging interview with Al Jazeera's Abderrahim Foukara, Gates spoke about the US strategy for peace in Afghanistan facing a "war of necessit...

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Obama's Meaningless War

Robert Scheer | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics

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Robert Scheer

Meaningless is the right term for the Afghanistan war, because our bloody attempt to conquer this foreign land has nothing to do with its stated purpose of enhancing our national security.

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ReThinking Charlie Wilson's War: the Afghan War that Keeps On Taking

Jonathan Kim | Posted 09.14.2009 | Entertainment

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Jonathan Kim

The US will spend more on the war in Afghanistan next year than it will in Iraq. So I thought it would be interesting to take another look at Charlie Wilson's War.

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Long War Needs Long Peace Movement

Tom Hayden | Posted 08.01.2009 | Politics

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Tom Hayden

The Long War will fail because the US is overextended militarily and economically, and the world is more multi-polar than uni-polar. The world does not share the US Long War agenda.

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New Afghanistan Commander Ran Secret "Executive Assassination Ring" Under Cheney

Tom Dispatch | Posted 06.22.2009 | Politics

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Yes, Stanley McChrystal is the general from the dark side (and proud of it). So the recent sacking of Afghan commander General David McKiernan after l...

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Does the Afghanistan War Represent Graveyard Thinking?

John W. Whitehead | Posted 05.21.2009 | Politics

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John W. Whitehead

Why is America becoming so deeply involved in the mess that is Afghanistan?

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Salt in the Wound: The Case for Compensation

Erica Gaston | Posted 04.05.2009 | World

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Erica Gaston

While troops say they have an "open door" to Afghan civilians, Afghans find that door is barricaded by barbed wire and heavily armed, hostile men.

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From Bush's War to Obama's War to My War

Stewart Nusbaumer | Posted 03.22.2009 | World

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Stewart Nusbaumer

The Obama administration's strategic review promises to refocus the mission of our troops. It will be "bye" to American cowboys blasting away, and hello to counterinsurgency's softer power.

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To Arm The Afghan Tribes Or Not? Let's Start With An Evidence-Based Approach

Globaldashboard.org | Posted 02.07.2009 | World

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One of the presumed parts of Obama's Afghan strategy will be to look at ways of coopting the country's various tribes, much like General David Petraeu...

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Obama's Afghanistan Surge: Too Much Too Late?

Bloomberg | Posted 01.24.2009 | Politics

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Sending more U.S. forces to Afghanistan is an idea whose time has come. The question is whether the time when it could work has already gone. Preside...

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