realclearworld.com - 2/26/2009
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The Obama administration faces dilemmas familiar to several of its predecessors. America cannot withdraw from Afghanistan now, but neither can it sustain the strategy that brought us to this point.
The stakes are high. Victory for the Taliban in Afghanistan would give a tremendous shot in the ...
washingtonpost.com - 2/26/2009
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wonkroom.thinkprogress.org - 2/26/2009
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Asked about Afghanistan back in November 2003, McCain
stressed that Iraq was the more important effort, but...
that he thought that we would be able to “muddle through” in Afghanistan. Watch it: MCCAIN: I am concerned about it, ...
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McCain Wakes Up To War In Afghanistan
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... I am shocked, shocked to discover “The truism that the war is, in effect, a battle for the hearts and minds of the Afghan population is valid enough in concept.“ Thank you, Henry Kissinger. ...
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... I am shocked, shocked to discover "The truism that the war is, in effect, a battle for the hearts and minds of the Afghan population is valid enough in concept." Thank you, Henry Kissinger. ...
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