Escalation

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• ‘30,000’ Troops

  
  The Washington Independent — Authority: 741
  Politico’s Michael Calderone reports that the White House is in for a 30,000-troop increase for Afghanistan, clearing up a discrepancy between the 34,000 troops reported by The Washington Post and most of its competitors. But here’s the thing. The troop numbers that are typically announced are combat troops ...
  3 hours ago

• The Audacity of Obama’s Hopeful Exit Strategy

  
  Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines — Authority: 703
  Thanks to high-level leaks, we now know semiofficially that President Obama plans to deploy 30,000 additional troops to Afghanistan, that he will announce a time frame for withdrawal and that his exit strategy (as well as Gen. Stanley McChrystal’s ) depends on the expansion of the dysfunctional Afghanistan ...
  4 hours ago

• Barack W. Obama

  
  Blog of Mass Destruction — Authority: 125
  In his scheduled speech tonight at West Point, President Obama will make one of the biggest mistakes of his short presidency. Obama has accepted General McChrystals recommendations on Afghanistan in their entirety. Those recommendations are unrealistic and have more to do with military testosterone, ego, and the ...
  7 hours ago

• ‘Surge’ And ‘Escalation’ Are Not Synonyms

  
  The Washington Independent Blog — Authority: 155
  Let’s be very specific about what we mean when we describe the troop increase that President Obama is expected to announce tonight. I see the headline of this Wall Street Journal piece reads: U.S. Opts for Limited Surge Two things. First, a “surge” is not the same thing as an “escalation.” Here’s how ...
  7 hours ago

• Obama Cool to Surge in Afghanistan’s Own Force

  
  Survival News Network — Authority: 142
  The Obama administration has soured on a call from its top commander to double the size of the Afghan police and army, reflecting the White House’s continued skepticism about the Afghan government even as the U.S. prepares a surge of troops into the country, people familiar with the matter say.At an address at the ...
  8 hours ago

• The Afghan Speech Obama Should Give (But Wont)

  
  Daily Kos — Authority: 805
  This article by Tom Engelhardt originally appeared at TomDispatch.com My fellow Americans : On March 28th, I outlined what I called a "comprehensive, new strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan." It was ambitious. It was also an attempt to fulfill a campaign promise that was heartfelt. I believed -- and ...
  16 hours ago

• Old Soldiers Never Die, They Just Fade Away

  
  Newsroom Magazine — Authority: 129
  In this situation, it becomes vital that our own country orient its policies in consonance with this basic evolutionary condition rather than pursue a course blind to the reality that the colonial era is now past and the Asian peoples covet the right to shape their own free destiny. What they seek now is friendly [...]
  16 hours ago

• Afghanistan War To Be Escalated

  
  Capt. Spaulding's World — Authority: 146
  W hat DIDNT work for the Soviets in the 1980s apparently does not apply to the United Corporate States (UCS). President Obama is slated to go on TV Tuesday night to convince this recession (depression)-battered populace that hes sending MORE troops to that 19-century-like nation. Never mind the sheer cost of ...
  18 hours ago

• Emergency protests planned to oppose Afghanistan escalation on Wednesday, day after Obama announces

  
  Courier Times Now — Authority: 542
  As President Obama is expected to announce another major US troop increase in Afghanistan on Tuesday night, the Princeton-based Coalition for Peace Action (CFPA) has made plans to protest that increase throughout the region on Wednesday, December 2 , the day after it’s announced. A Princeton protest will take place ...
  1 day ago

• PRESIDENT TO SEND MORE TROOPS TO AFGHANISTAN

  
  MADMIKESAMERICA — Authority: 432
  Have you ever had a friend or relative who was a junkie? You know what its like, watching them go steadily downhill. Youve heard the speeches about how theyre going to move, get a new job and start over so many times, you can repeat it in your sleep. But eventually you understand that youre dealing with an addict, and ...
  1 day ago

• Have I mentioned lately…

  
  Upper Left — Authority: 433
  …that I hate what theyre doing to my Army? Military divorces edge up again in 9th year of war Army suicides set to hit new high in 2009 Colonel Lang raises a good point... There are a lot of village and towns in Afghanistan, even if one only considers Pushtun villages. The active army ...
  2 days ago

• Rethinking Afghanistan

  
  The Mudflats — Authority: 608
  I have a nephew in Afghanistan. He left a couple weeks ago. He came over to the house and we chatted a little bit the day before he left. He’s a kid, not unlike many kids who aren’t quite sure what to do with their lives, who need direction, and who have decided to pursue military service. And so he joined the ...
  2 days ago

• Afghanistan: next test, last lesson

  
  Nasir Khan blog — Authority: 143
  Paul Rogers , OpenDemocracy , 26 November 2009 The war in Afghanistan may now be beyond the point where any military-centred United States strategy can work. Barack Obama is after a lengthy period of consultation moving towards the announcement of a revised strategy towards the war in Afghanistan, ...
  4 days ago

• Afghanistan: next test, last lesson

  
  Dr Nasir Khan — Authority: 439
  Paul Rogers ,  OpenDemocracy , 26 November 2009 The war in Afghanistan may now be beyond the point where any military-centred United States strategy can work. Barack Obama is after a lengthy period of consultation moving towards the announcement of a revised strategy towards the war in Afghanistan, now ...
  4 days ago

• Kicking the Can Down the Street

  
  The LA Progressive — Authority: 143
  I am afraid to say that President Obama is even risking his presidency by this decision. From this point forward, he will lack the support of the rank and file Democratic majority and become... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
  5 days ago

• Report: Obama to Expand Afghan War by 50 Percent

  
  Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines — Authority: 703
  President Obama won’t unveil his plans for Afghanistan until next week, but military officials tell the AP he intends to escalate the war by sending up to 35,000 additional troops. Press secretary Robert Gibbs said the plan would include an exit strategy, but that’s little consolation for the doves who got Obama ...
  5 days ago

• When getting high just isn’t “cool”

  
  Scholars and Rogues — Authority: 604
  Word on the street is that Obama will send 34,000 more troops to Afghanistan. He really stared McChrystal down, eh? It’s expected that he’ll make a public announcement on Tuesday; i’m sure it will be a fine speech. He’ll talk about freedom and how important it is to defend it. He’ll have tough words for ...
  6 days ago

• McClatchy: Obama to Order 34,000 More to Afghanistan

  
  Daily Kos — Authority: 805
  A little over two weeks ago, basing their story on unnamed sources, McClatchys Jonathan S. Landay, John Walcott and Nancy A. Youssef reported that the White House was nearing a decision to send 34,000 more troops to Afghanistan in response to General Stanley McChrystals strategic assessment [ pdf ] of the ...
  1 week ago

• If theres gonna be a war…

  
  Upper Left — Authority: 433
  …there oughta be a war tax . "There aint going to be no money for nothing if we pour it all into Afghanistan," House Appropriations Chairman David Obey told ABC News in an exclusive interview. "If they ask for an increased troop commitment in Afghanistan, I am going to ask them to pay for it." One quiblle, Mr. ...
  1 week ago

• Rep. Obey Seeks War Surtax for Afghanistan

  
  Firedoglake — Authority: 751
  Rep. David Obey (D-WI 7) The big story over in Afghanistan is that US special forces have begun to fund Afghan militia in a similar fashion to the Anbar Awakening, offering local resistance to the Taliban. The last time this country funded a local fighting force in Afghanistan they created the structure for Osama ...
  1 week ago

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