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The Plan for Afghanistan
Opinionator —
... In recent months, US officials have soured on the Afghan President for his inability to battle corruption and get a handle on his government. (Vice President Biden had an especially tough meeting with Karzai on his latest visit). Today Obama not only failed to praise Karzai by name, he also said the Afghan people deserve a more "capable and accountable" government not "undermined by corruption." Will that weaken or strengthen Karzai’s hand as August elections approach? Max Boot at Commentary : It would be nice if Obama had spoken a bit more positively about the outcome in ...
Obamadness In Afghanistan
Daily Pundit —
A New Counterinsurgency in Afghanistan
The new Afghanistan policy that President Obama unveiled at the White House today was pretty much all that supporters of the war effort could have asked for, and probably pretty similar to what a President McCain would have decided on.
Why are we in Afghanistan? Why are we trying to impose “democracy” on a nation that has little use for it?
How will we recognize “victory” there, should such a will-o’-the-wisp ever occur?
When did it become America’s ...
Obama’s Afghanistan Plan: Same as the Old Plan?
Outside The Beltway | OTB —
... has lauded the plan as well and called for NATO to do more. Even the neocons are happy with Max Boot pronouncing it “pretty much all that supporters of the war effort could have asked for, and probably pretty similar to what a President McCain would have decided on.” Yet, it remains unclear what precisely is “new” about the new plan. In my New Atlanticist piece fleshing out this question, “ ...
Ominous Canary Songs
Political Animal —
... people are too happy. You're all familiar with the phrase "canary in the coal mine." The idea was that miners would bring canaries down into the mines as warning signals. When the air became toxic, the canaries would be affected first -- thus warning the miners of imminent danger. With respect to the Afghanistan policy, the problem isn't that the "signaling" canaries are dropping dead. The problem is that they're too happy -- they're chirping with excessive mirth. Specifically, when Max Boot , ...
Ominous Canary Songs
Obsidian Wings —
... With respect to the Afghanistan policy, the problem isn't that the "signaling" canaries are dropping dead. The problem is that they're too happy -- they're chirping with excessive mirth. Specifically, when Max Boot, ...
Max Boot on Afghanistan
Belmont Club —
Writing in Commentary , Max Boot describes President Obama’s Afghanistan strategy as everything John McCain would have done — with some changes in atmospherics. The new Afghanistan policy that President Obama unveiled at the White House today was pretty much all that supporters of the war effort could have asked for, and probably pretty similar to what a President McCain would have decided on. … The big news — though it had been apparent for some time — is that Obama is eschewing those who argue for a major downsizing of our efforts to focus on a narrow counter-terrorism ...
