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1. A Response to Joe Klein

   
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   another 30,000 troops to Afghanistan. With the 21,000 the President ordered there earlier, plus the 50,000 sent by President […] Bush, we now have over 100,000 troops assigned to Afghanistan and another 50,000 mercenaries. I had stated that our […] growing Afghan involvement reminds me of the Vietnam tragedy. Mr. Klein contends "Afghanistan is different." I agree that
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2. 100,000 children have been saved by Afghan war, says Gordon Brown

   
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   Prime minister makes claim ahead of shift in defence resources to frontline in Afghanistan Gordon Brown claimed today […] Afghanistan. The prime minister made his claim in a Downing Street webchat ahead of an announcement that the Ministry of […] Defence will make big defence cuts as part of an attempt to shift resources to the frontline in Afghanistan. Ministers will
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3. The real stakes in the Afghan war | Chris Luenen

   
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   France and Germany are wary of sending more troops, but failure in Afghanistan would have wide ramifications for Europe […] About 25 countries have promised to send more troops to Afghanistan in response to President Obamas call for extra support […] ever. French and German leaders now face a painful choice. Should they finally embrace Natos efforts in Afghanistan more
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4. Memo to President Obama: To Reassure the Afghan People, Draft a US- …

   
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   Diaspora. We worry that his July 2011 deadline for removing American troops from Afghanistan will merely embolden the Taliban […] think, elements in Afghanistan who would be perfectly satisfied to make Afghanistan a permanent protectorate of the United […] States, in which they carry no burden, in which were paying for a military in Afghanistan that preserves their security and
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5. Shirley Cloyes DioGuardi: Misreading Afghanistan

   
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   Public opposition to the mounting death toll in Afghanistan, the unsupportable cost of the war, and the corrupt […] Taliban in Afghanistan is working and that a military buildup, preferably 40,000 new troops, is needed to win the war -- a war […] failing because they do not confront the hidden causes of the conflict. The crisis in Afghanistan is largely due to Pakistans
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6. MoD slashes civilian budget to divert resources to Afghanistan…

   
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   frontline in Afghanistan. Ministers will today announce a £150m package to tackle the threat of roadside bombs in Afghanistan […] condition of anonymity. News of the measures came as Gordon Brown left Afghanistan after becoming the first British prime […] traditional for the British prime minister to visit UK troops in either Afghanistan or Iraq before Christmas. Browns talks with
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7. Key Dates: U.S. Policy in Afghanistan

   
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   President Obamas new strategy in Afghanistan, which calls for an increase of 30,000 U.S. troops beginning in January […] short a time. I have compiled a timeline of some key events of the United States/Afghanistan relations, dating back to the […] Soviet Unions invasion in 1979, along with dates on the rise, fall, and rise again of the Taliban. *** Afghanistan
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8. Afghan-Americans Express Sharply Different Views On The War

   
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   President Obamas decision to escalate the war in Afghanistan is provoking strong and sometimes conflicting feelings […] post-U.S. occupation life in Afghanistan. "I support Mr. Obama 110%," Hashem said. "The [American] soldiers are my […] visit his family. "Before September 11, I was from Afghanistan, but I was not safe there. The Taliban would have killed me
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9. Christian Parenti: For Obama the Road to Reelection Runs Through Kabul …

   
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   The real goals of the Afghanistan escalation are domestic and electoral. Like Lyndon Johnson who escalated in Vietnam […] elections, Obama is expanding the war in Afghanistan. To look strong in front of swing voters he will sacrifice the lives of […] ? Is it to get the job done? To rebuild Afghanistan? To kill Osama Bin Laden and crush Al Qaeda? No, all those goals are
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10. U.S. to Expand Drone Use in Afghanistan

    
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    WASHINGTON - The U.S. military is adding more drones and expanding its video surveillance in the skies over Afghanistan […] intelligence to the U.S. and its allies in Afghanistan. The first troop units of the surge ordered by President Barack Obama have […] begun to arrive in Afghanistan, a Pentagon official said Wednesday, adding to the 68,000 U.S. forces already deployed to
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