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• Why Arent Self-Proclaimed Fiscal Conservatives Questioning Afghanistan Troop Surge?

  
  DISSENTING JUSTICE — Authority: 527
  Self-proclaimed fiscal conservatives in both the Democratic and Republican parties approach healthcare reform with a high degree of skepticism. Senator Joe Lieberman, who has received $1 million from the insurance industry over the course of his Senate career, has vowed to oppose any reform package that contains ...
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• The Surge In Iraq

  
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  visit here Understanding the Surge from ISW on Vimeo .   The Snooper Report.  Join us as we Take Our Country Back. Sic vis pacem para bellum Fight Accordingly
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• The war in Afghanistan could be moving in a much, much different direction

  
  The Western Experience — Authority: 520
  by JasonThere is no way to confirm any of this as of now, but the contents of a supposed quid pro quo with the Taliban in Afghanistan is nearly unspeakable.Threats Watch | Whispers of Surrender in Afghanistan?It comes to our attention that the MEMRI Blog highlights an article from the Saudi al-Watan in Arabic that ...
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• The Afghanistan Conflict: GPP Policy

  
  Great Power Politics — Authority: 113
  It is always easier to critique a decision than to actually make one. It is always simpler to ask questions than to answer them. It is always faster to eat than to cook. It is always easier to fly than….ok, I think we get the idea. I’ve been critical of recent US policy on many matters, from Afghanistan and Iran ...
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• The Real Issue in the Afghanistan Debate: US Exit Plan

  
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  The bedrock principle in the debate on the war in Afghanistan rests on the idea that whatever military action the US undertakes in the country will only serve as ‘a prelude to, rather than a substitute for, Afghanistan taking over the security job.’ That is saying that the ‘White House wants to make sure surge ...
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• US ultimatum to Karzai to clean up corruption in Afghanistan: no US leverage

  
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  Former ambassador Ronald E. Neumann says, “The argument that we could pull out of Afghanistan if Karzai doesn’t do what we say is stupid. We couldn’t get the Pakistanis to fight if we leave Afghanistan; we couldn’t accomplish what we’ve set out to do. And Karzai knows that.” Fraudulently-elected Hamid ...
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• The ‘War of Necessity’: challenges of the troop surge strategy in Afghanistan

  
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  US President Barack Obama is expected to hand down soon his decision on the war in Afghanistan. The decision at this point is no longer whether to send more troops to Afghanistan or not, but how many tens of thousands of additional US soldiers should be sent to the wartorn country to fight a long-drawn war. U.S. Gen. ...
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• In Fort Hood (just like in Afghanistan), US failure to know Muslims well enough?

  
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  The massacre at Fort Hood occurred at a time when US President Barack Obama is at the final stage of decision-making about what to do with the US war in Afghanistan. The Afghan war has been proving to be a failure in the US antiterrorism mobilization, as well as its counterinsurgency campaign. US troops in Afghanistan ...
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• Robert Gates and the ‘American Footprint’ in Afghanistan

  
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  It is said that there are ‘two poles in Washington: the counterinsurgency experts, or COIN-istas, who believe Afghanistan’s deteriorating security can only be reversed by adding tens of thousands of troops – perhaps as many as 80,000; and those who believe US interests in Afghanistan are few, and the best way to ...
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• The mission in Afghanistan

  
  PRI's The World — Authority: 625
  President Barack Obama is to discuss US policy in Afghanistan with his national security team, as speculation mounts over a decision on troop levels. The top American commander in Afghanistan has asked for at least 40,000 more troops there. The World’s Jeb Sharp looks at options for what any additional troops would ...
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• Obama leaning toward 34,000 more troops for Afghanistan | McClatchy

  
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  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 until after he consults with key allies and completes a trip to Asia later this month, administration and military officials have told McClatchy. As it now stands, the ...
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• Supersecret Weapon

  
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  I thought you would like to know that bears are killing terrorists now. Let me say that again: BEARS are killing TERRORISTS. [A] bear has mauled two Hizbul Mujahideen militants to death as they hid in its cave in Shopian,...
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• The Afghan Election Is A Fait Accompli: Make A Damn Decision

  
  The Political and Financial Markets Commentator — Authority: 531
  What Will Be The Next Reason To Avoid A Decision? ( TheHill.com ) "Gibbs said Monday that the election was only one factor in Obamas decision making process. "This decision was not dependent upon when a leader was determined," Gibbs said. Obama, who has held a series of meetings with his national ...
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• Obama Afghanistan Meeting Seven Is In The Books

  
  The Political and Financial Markets Commentator — Authority: 531
  And Still No Decision: President Obama Is No John Kennedy Since the McCrystal report asking for additional troops was made public quite some time ago, the President has had seven meetings totaling about 20 hours, and spent about 25 minutes on a tarmac with the General. During that time, the President has ...
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• Myths Used to Justify the Escalation of War in Afghanistan

  
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  The Obama administration faces some big risks in the impending escalation of the war in Afghanistan: soldiers are asked to ‘clear huge areas of insurgent fighters who look exactly like the civilian population, and establish “control” of places that have never been controlled by a central government at any point ...
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• America Split On Afghanistan

  
  jobsanger — Authority: 148
  A new NBC/Wall Street Journal poll shows that the American people are split down the middle on supporting the war in Afghanistan. The poll was conducted on October 22-25 by Democrat Peter D. Hart and Republican Bill McInturff, and has a statistical error of 3.1 points. Here are the polls findings about ...
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• Foreign Policy In A War Zone Is Not A Soap Opera

  
  The Political and Financial Markets Commentator — Authority: 531
  Episode Number Six On “To Surge Or Not To Surge” Not The Time, Place or Situation For A Soap Opera On Monday, for the sixth time, the President met in the White House Situation Room to discuss whether or not to agree to the addition of troops requested by General McCrystal. General ...
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• al-Qaeda: poor, diminished, dissipated non-enemy (so why is the US still in Afghanistan?)

  
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  Upon assessing the remaining terrorist threat from Afghanistan, the US president’s national security adviser former Marine Gen. James Jones said, “The al-Qaida presence is very diminished. The maximum estimate is less than 100 operating in the country, no bases, no ability to launch attacks on either us or our ...
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