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McClatchy: Obama Leaning Toward 34,000 More Troops For Afghanistan

McClatchy | Jonathan S. Landay | Posted 11.07.2009 | World

Read More: Pentagon, Afghan Election, Department of Defense, Troops, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Troop Levels, Kabul, Obama, Withdrawal, Dod, Mike Mullen, Mcchrystal, Nato, Soldiers, Military, Surge, Waziristan, Troop Level, Afghanistan Decision, Un, Robert Gates, Afghan Decision, Stanley McChrystal, World News

President Barack Obama is nearing a decision to send more than 30,000 additional U.S. troops to Afghanistan next year, but he may not announce it unti...

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Military Suicides Fuel Worry That Army Is Strained

Wall Street Journal | By YOCHI J. DREAZEN | Posted 11.03.2009 | World

Read More: Depression, Afghanistan, Army Suicides, Troop Levels, Va, Kabul, Veterans, Stress, Active Duty, Mcchrystal, Military, Army, Surge, Deployment, Iraq, Suicide Prevention, Stanley McChrystal, World News

The Army's top generals worry that surging tens of thousands more troops into Afghanistan could increase the strain felt by many military personnel af...

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Recognizing the Limits of American Power in Afghanistan

Doug Bandow | Posted 11.03.2009 | World

Read More: Stanley McChrystal, Taliban, Afghanistan, Anti-Terrorism, Anti-Insurgency, Surge, Pakistan, Barack Obama, Social Engineering, World News
Doug Bandow

He should not ask, is Afghanistan winnable? Rather, the right question is what should the U.S. attempt to achieve?

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Afghanistan: A Whole New Approach

Jim Wallis | Posted 10.29.2009 | World

Read More: Capitol Hill, White House, President, Relief, President Obama, International, Indigenous, Council, Washington, War, Oxfam, Muslim Countries, Collateral Damage, Surge, America, Dick Cheney, Muslim, World Vision, Counter Insurgency, Terror, Development, Faith, History, Tragedy, Afghan Government, Democracy, Counter Terrorism, Special Forces, Religious, Terrorist, Richard Stearns, Congress, Unmanned Drones, Religious Leaders, Foreign Policy, Urgency, Moral Issues, Occupier, Arab, Taliban, Military, Afghanistan, Terrorism, Humanitarian Assistance, D.C., Casualties, Faith-Based, World News
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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Kristof: More Troops Are A Bad Bet

Kristof | Nicholas | Posted 10.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama, Troops, Nicholas Kristof, Surge, Afghanistan, Politics News

The United States was born of our ancestors' nationalistic resentment of a foreign power whose troops we saw as occupiers, not protectors. The British...

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Tom Ricks And The Military's New Philosophical Embeds

Columbia Journalism Review | Tara McKelvey | Posted 09.13.2009 | Media

Read More: Kabul, Iraq Surge, Washington, Tom Ricks, Pakistan, War, Philosopy, Al-Qaeda in Iraq, Iraq, Surge, Afghanistan War, Al Qaeda, Embedded Journalists, Journalism, Iraq War, Baghdad, Taliban, Ethics, Insurgency, Policy, Foreign Correspondents, Counterinsurgency, Media News

Thomas E. Ricks has a photograph of a general--Ulysses S. Grant, looking haggard and defeated in Cold Harbor, Virginia--on the wall of his office. His...

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Biden Sends Right Message on Iraq

Jon Soltz | Posted 08.06.2009 | World

Read More: Iraq Surge, Vice President, Troops, President Barack Obama, votevets.org, US Troops, Joe Biden, War in Iraq, Barack Obama, Iraq War, Politics, Surge, Iraq Insurgents, Iraq, Votevets, Nouri Al Maliki, World News
Jon Soltz

It's time to start putting pressure on the Iraqi government to settle their internal differences, and make clear that we're no longer going to be their crutch. This weekend, Biden did just that.

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The Beginning of the End of the Iraq War?

Chris Weigant | Posted 07.30.2009 | World

Read More: Troops, President Obama, Timetable, Status of Forces Agreement, Obama, Election, 130000, Withdrawal, Barack Obama, Bush, Iraqi, Elections, Surge, Al-Maliki, Chris Weigant, Sofa, Iraq War, National Sovereignty Day, Iraq, Milestone, Maliki, Cities, Timetable for Withdrawal, World News
Chris Weigant

If our soldiers are out of Iraqi cities, and the Iraqi security forces start shouldering more and more responsibility as a result, do we really need all 130,000 troops sitting in their bases?

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First Milestone Approaches In Iraq Withdrawal Timetable

Chris Weigant | Posted 06.13.2009 | World

Read More: Sectarian Violence, President Obama, Troops, Timetable, Sectarian, Obama, US Troops, Awakening, Shiite, Withdrawal, Bush, Military, Surge, Sofa, Kurds, Oil Revenues, Security, June 30, Article 24, Acceptible Level of Violence, War, Timeline, Status of Forces Agreement, American Troops, Barack Obama, Iraq War, Awakening Councils, Deadline, Combat Troops, Chris Weigant, Oil, Iraq, Maliki, Mosul, Timetable for Withdrawal, Cities, Sunni, World News
Chris Weigant

America pulling combat forces out of Iraqi cities is going to have multiple effects within the country. At this point, nobody can accurately predict what those effects are going to be with 100 percent reliability.

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What Does Obama's Afghan Command Change Mean?

William Bradley | Posted 06.13.2009 | World

Read More: Hamid Karzai, Al Qaeda, Pakistan, David Rodriguez, David Petraeus, George W. Bush, Mullah Omar, Abu Musab Al Zarqawi, Iraq, Joint Special Operations Command, Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Osama Bin Laden, Dick Cheney, Saddam Hussein, Surge, Stanley McChrystal, Korean War, Taliban, Afghanistan, David McKiernan, Special Forces, Douglas MacArthur, World News
William Bradley

The move from McKiernan to McChrystal also seems to signify an end to nation-building fantasies in Afghanistan.

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Good Grief! Comic Characters Leave Newspapers for a Day

Dave Astor | Posted 05.13.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Comics, Theron Heir, Dan Piraro, The Boondocks, Same-Sex Marriage, Dagwood Sandwich, Comic Strips, B.D., Surge, Are We Having Fun Yet, Bailout, Beetle Bailey, Real-Estate Agents, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Hector Cantu, Bizarro, Single-Payer Plan, Bil Keane, Pearls Before Swine, The Family Circus, Doonesbury, Sgt. Snorkel, Mutts, Earl the Dog, Darrin Bell, Rachel Maddow, Mark Tatulli, Zippy the Pinhead, Foreclosures, Economic Downturn, Lasagna, Cartoons, Newspapers, President Obama, Jim Davis, Economy, Hi and Lois, Rudy Park, Keith Olbermann, Mort Walker, National Health Insurance, Carlos Castellanos, Cul De Sac, Cafe Con Leche, Failing Newspapers, Dagwood Bumstead, Green Room, Legacy Comics, Blondie, Iowa Same-Sex Marriage, Bill Griffith, Dilbert, Peanuts, Stephan Pastis, Calvin and Hobbes, Bernard Madoff, Scott Adams, Snoopy, Matt Richtel, Deborah Harry, Death of Newspapers, Garry Trudeau, Cathy Guisewite, Recession, Jan Eliot, Bill Watterson, Good Grief, Aaron McGruder, Shrinking Comics, Iraq War, Vermont Same-Sex Marriage, Afghanistan, Richard Thompson, Charlos Gary, Charles M. Schulz, Cathy, Lio, Baldo, Garfield, Comedy News
Dave Astor

Given that most newspapers still don't publish weekday comics in color, my mistake was putting today's cartoon guests in the green room rather than the black-and-white room.

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Gen. Petraeus Implements Military Surge Against Four Somali Pirates in a Lifeboat

Jeremy Scahill | Posted 05.11.2009 | World

Read More: Maersk Alabama, Surge, David Petraeus, Gen. David H. Petraeus, Somali Pirates, Pirates, Barack Obama, Eric Holder, US Navy, World News
Jeremy Scahill

The most powerful Navy in the world remains in a standoff with four pirates in a small boat. So threatening to US national security are these pirates, Gen. Petraeus is now running the operation.

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Blogosphere Must Challenge Obama's War

Ben Cohen | Posted 04.29.2009 | World

Read More: Afghanistan, Obama, Surge, Economy, World News
Ben Cohen

While Obama will seek to build an international consensus around his plans, the fact is that the war will become another endless pit that will consume more and more money that no one actually has.

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Jason Linkins

New Poll Of Iraqis Should Change Media Coverage

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Polls, Status of Forces Agreement, Surge, Iraq, Polling, Iraq War, Politics News

Via Taegan Goddard comes the news of a new poll conducted by ABC/BBC/NHK, with the current, on-the-ground opinions of Iraqis. Goddard pulls the juicy...

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17,000 Troops Will Be "a Drop in the Bucket" in Afghanistan

ZP Heller | Posted 04.09.2009 | World

Read More: Brave New Foundation, Andrew Bacevich, Surge, Barack Obama, Escalation, Robert Greenwald, Robert Pape, Rethink Afghanistan, Stephen Kinzer, Afghanistan War, Video, Taliban, Afghanistan, President Obama, World News
ZP Heller

2008 was the bloodiest year of this war to date, though it looks like 2009 will be much worse -- and not simply because our country is committing so many more troops.

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Newest US Troops In Dangerous Region Near Kabul

AP | JASON STRAZIUSO | Posted 03.19.2009 | World

Read More: U.S. Troops, America, Barack Obama, Surge, Kabul, Afghanistan, Obama, American Troops, World News

LOGAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan — Close to 3,000 American soldiers who recently arrived in Afghanistan to secure two violent provinces near Kabul ha...

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Five Myths About the Afghanistan Escalation

Brandon Friedman | Posted 03.01.2009 | World

Read More: Insurgency, Military, Robert Gates, Surge, Escalation, John Nagl, Taliban, Afghanistan, Counterinsurgency, Barack Obama, Michele Flournoy, Obama Afghanistan, Troops, Afghanistan Surge, Foreign Affairs, Afghanistan Escalation, Obama Foreign Policy, Foreign Policy, Al Qaeda, Afghanistan War, Soldiers, Us Troops Afghanistan, World News
Brandon Friedman

If we're going to win back the Afghans' support, then we need to show them that we can protect them from the Taliban -- something that will clearly take more troops -- both U.S. and Afghan.

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Obama's Extra Afghan Troops Will Be Used To Buy Time

Washingtonpost.com | By Karen DeYoung | Posted 02.14.2009 | World

Read More: Gen. David McKiernan, U.S. Troops, Nato, Troop Increase, Al-Qaida, Taliban, Afghanistan, President-Elect Obama, Gen. David Petraeus, Surge, Barack Obama, Afghanistan War, World News

President-elect Barack Obama intends to sign off on Pentagon plans to send up to 30,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan, but the incoming administrati...

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Words That Worked in 2008 (and Some That Didn't): A Report Card

Michael Maslansky | Posted 02.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lists, Experience, Political Language, Words, Propoganda, Volt, Maverick, Political Persuasion, Buzzwords, Change, Drill, Surge, Bailout, Public Relations, 2008 Campaign, Subprime, Communications, Year in Review, Politics News
Michael Maslansky

The following is our admittedly subjective ranking of the top ten words of 2008 and how well people used them.

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US Readying Surge Against Taliban In Southern Afghanistan

AP | JASON STRAZIUSO and RAHIM FAIEZ | Posted 02.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Surge, Afghanistan, Afghanistan Surge, Taliban, Afghanistan Taliban, Warwire, Politics News

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — Afghanistan's southern rim, the Taliban's spiritual birthplace and the country's most violent region, has for the past t...

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Sam Stein

Obama's Afghanistan Dilemma: "Growing Dissent" On More Troops

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 01.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Afghanistan, Redeployment, Afghanistan Dillema, Surge, Troops Iraq, Barack Obama, Progressives Foreign Policy, Iraqi Troops, Obama Foreign Policy, President Obama, Politics News

No more than one year ago, it was widely assumed that the great foreign policy challenge facing the next president would be what to do with U.S. troop...

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McCain Urges Surge to Fix What Ails US

Bruce McCall | Posted 11.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Politics, John McCain, Surge, Humor, Comedy, Politics News
Bruce McCall

Drawing on his foreign policy and military expertise, Sen. John McCain has called for a military surge in America, similar to the one he claims has turned around the situation in Iraq.

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Afghanistan Strategy Is Being Urgently Reviewed By White House

Washington Post | Karen DeYoung | Posted 11.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Surge, Afghanistan Surge, Afghanistan, War Wire, Foreign Affairs, Pakistan, Taliban, Al Qaeda, Politics News

The White House has launched an urgent review of Afghanistan policy, fast-tracked for completion in the next several weeks, amid growing concern that ...

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Jed Lewison

Woodward: Bush Said His Iran Strategy Was "They're A**holes"

HuffingtonPost.com | Jed Lewison | Posted 11.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Violence, Bob Woodward, Video, Iraq, Surge, Warwire, Politics News

There's been so much going on with the campaign lately, that I hadn't paid much attention to Bob Woodward's newest book, The War Within. Tonight he w...

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Conventional Wisdom Surging

Edward Humes | Posted 11.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq Surge, McCain War, The Surge, John McCain, McCain Vietnam, Surge, Success of the Surge, 2008 Election, Politics News
Edward Humes

Two highly suspect yet seemingly unkillable narratives continue to swirl through the election largely unchallenged: the undeniable success of "The Surge" and McCain's reputation as a proven military leader.

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