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• Skeptical Dems resign themselves to Obama war plan (AP)

  
  Northloop Neighborhoods - Community News & Directory — Authority: 167
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  4 hours ago

• On the other hand…

  
  Upper Left — Authority: 432
  … my own personal Congressman s taking a stand against the escalation, and he makes some good points ... ...No matter how many troops we commit, the United States cannot bring about the change necessary to stabilize Afghanistan. This responsibility ultimately falls on the Afghani government and its people, ...
  4 hours ago

• Libertarians opposed to new war plans for Afghanistan

  
  Independent Political Report — Authority: 523
  Posted at LP.org : WASHINGTON - The Libertarian Party (LP) today expressed its opposition to the Afghanistan war plans announced by President Barack Obama last night. Wes Benedict, Executive Director of the LP, said, "Rush Limbaugh should buy Obama a nice cigar. The liberal president has done exactly what the ...
  7 hours ago

• Obama Ignores Letter from 38 Antiwar Groups: No Escalation! Troops Home Now!

  
  BuzzFlash.net: published — Authority: 529
  This is an historic document. Not in decades has the antiwar movement coalesced so completely around one demand, nor committed itself with such unanimity in determined resistance to the policy of a Presidential Administration. You will note that these same groups brought millions onto the streets before the U.S. war ...
  8 hours ago

• Me too…

  
  Upper Left — Authority: 432
  …I guess. Gordon ... Obama talked me into giving him a shot. 18 months. I dont like it but I can live with it. Hes not Bush. I dont think hes right, I dont think it will work, but he inherited a mess and deserves a chance to clean it up as best as he thinks he can. I guess. Dont blow it, Barry.
  8 hours ago

• Rick Sanitarium, Dennis Kucinich, & pigs with wings

  
  GEEZERPOWER — Authority: 126
  Well, there just isnt much good news out here on the fringes of the blogosphere lately, so I find myself looking at a Fox News video. This because they are supposed to be interviewing Dennis Kucinich, one of the last sane politicians on the planet. Along with Rick Sanitarium, a corporate spokesman, who should ...
  11 hours ago

• McChrystal welcomes Obama troop surge as Nato pledges troops

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 176
  The US commander who warned Barack Obama three months ago that he faced defeat in Afghanistan without a massive increase in troop levels today welcomed the Presidents decision to commit an extra 30,000 troops to the war against the Taleban. President Obama announced what amounts to a dramatic escalation of the Afghan ...
  13 hours ago

• We Needed a New Approach in Afghanistan — and This Isn’t It

  
  God's Politics Blog — Authority: 647
  The decision by President Obama to send additional troops to Afghanistan saddens me. I believe it is a mistake, it is the wrong direction for U.S. foreign policy, and it is disappointing to many of us in the faith community…
  13 hours ago

• Obama’s Afghan Speech: Wrong on the Details

  
  http://www.ourfuture.org/blog — Authority: 658
  Without a doubt President Obama can deliver a speech. However, beyond the eloquence of his troop surge announcement that was given on Tuesday night, his Afghanistan policy misses key details –this should worry progressives. Obama : “I am convinced that our security is at stake in Afghanistan and Pakistan. This ...
  14 hours ago

• Harvey Wasserman -Whats the carbon/health footprint of another senseless war?

  
  BuzzFlash.net: published — Authority: 529
  "The Afghan War may now doom our ability both to cope with the global climate crisis and to fairly deliver health care in this country. If Barack Obama announces an escalation, Copenhagen and the Climate Bill will become meaningless. And the prospects for a single-payer health care system or even a token public option ...
  15 hours ago

• Pak should tackle internal issues itself: Clinton

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 728
  Washington, Dec.2 (ANI): US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has clarified that Pakistan will have to cope with its internal challenges itself.Clinton told Geo News here that the Obama administration is pledged to help Pakistan to overcome the crisis facing currently and that it wants the civilian rule to flourish ...
  17 hours ago

• Security guard killed in suicide attack on Pak Naval headquarters

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 728
  Islamabad, Dec.2 (ANI): A suicide bomber blew himself up outside Pakistan’s naval headquarters in Islamabad on Wednesday killing a guard and injuring two navy soldiers.The attack comes a day after U.S. President Barack Obama announced a dramatic escalation in the war in Afghanistan, a move Pakistani officials fear ...
  17 hours ago

• Congress Scrutinizes Obama’s Afghanistan Plan

  
  American Conservative Daily — Authority: 502
  Lawmakers plan to use two days of high-profile hearings on the war, beginning Wednesday, to express their misgivings about bamas escalation of the war in Afghanistan.
  19 hours ago

• From the "Since you asked…" file.

  
  Upper Left — Authority: 432
  Over at the New York Times, The Editors wonder... Will 30,000 additional troops be sufficient to curb the insurgency? Since you asked, no.
  19 hours ago

• Anlaysis blasts Obama for trickery on US troop deployment in Afghanistan

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 728
  New York, Dec.2 (ANI): Former US President George W. Bush can no longer be held responsible for the bloody war in Afghanistan, for his successor –President Obama has decided to take that burden into his shoulders, an analysis appearing in CBS says. According to the analysis, Obama might just have committed what ...
  20 hours ago

• Kucinich on Obama’s Escalation: Great Speech, Bad Policy

  
  Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines — Authority: 709
  By Peter Z. Scheer The other peace candidate in the 2008 Democratic primary isn’t thrilled with the president’s order to radically escalate the war in Afghanistan, no matter if there’s an exit strategy: “What are we going to learn in 18 months that we haven’t already learned in the last eight ...
  21 hours ago

• Obama rededicates U.S. to Afghan occupation

  
  Why We Worry — Authority: 128
  In last night’s highly-anticipated address, President Barack Obama defended his decision to deploy 30,000 more American soldiers to Afghanistan, arguing that it’s necessary for the common security of the U.S. and its allies. Obama outlined a military strategy that seeks to beat back the Taliban and weaken ...
  22 hours ago

• Kucinich on Obama’s Escalation: Great Speech, Bad Policy

  
  Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines — Authority: 709
  By Peter Z. Scheer The other peace candidate in the 2008 Democratic primary isn’t thrilled with the president’s order to radically escalate the war in Afghanistan, no matter if there’s an exit strategy: “What are we going to learn in 18 months that we haven’t already learned in the last eight ...
  22 hours ago

• Time to Stand Up

  
  Brave New Films blog — Authority: 126
  I wrote this last night after I learned that the President had already given the orders to implement a second escalation. It’s a little more personal than I usually get in items for wide distribution, but after tonight’s announcement by the president, I thought I’d go ahead and share it with you. –DC The ...
  23 hours ago

• Obama escalates Afghan war; the “die” is cast on his presidency

  
  The iPINIONS Journal — Authority: 128
  The media did quite a Barnum& Bailey job of drumming up suspense, but President Obama’s address tonight on his new military strategy “to bring this war [in Afghanistan] to a successful conclusion” was wholly anticlimactic .  Not to mention the pedantry he displayed in restating all of the reasons why ...
  1 day ago

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