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michaelyon-online.com - 1/14/2009
Education and Challenges in Afghanistan
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This is a great interview with General David Petraeus: Gen. David Petraeus: In looking at which lessons learned in Iraq might be applicable in Afghanistan, it is important to remember a key principle of counterinsurgency operations: Every case is unique. That is certainly true of Afghanistan ...

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The Human Element: When Gadgetry Becomes Strategy
worldaffairsjournal.org - 1/14/2009
The Human Element: When Gadgetry Becomes Strategy
— worldaffairsjournal.org — Wrong, terribly wrong T he wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and the political debates concerning the nature and scope of U.S. involvement in those countries, have resurrected the “lessons” of Vietnam once again. Far from having kicked the “Vietnam ... (more) The Human Element: When Gadgetry Becomes Strategy

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amazon.com - 1/11/2009
Kabul in Winter: Life Without Peace in Afghanistan: Ann Jones: Books
— amazon.com — From Publishers Weekly In February 2003, Jones and her fellow NGO relief workers watched with disbelief and horror as Fox News declared the American war in Afghanistan a success the Taliban totally defeated, all Afghan women "liberated" and the ... (more) Kabul in Winter: Life Without Peace in Afghanistan: Ann ...

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Pakistan, Afghanistan will be Obama
dawn.com - 1/14/2009
Pakistan, Afghanistan will be Obama
— dawn.com — Pakistan, Afghanistan will be Obama's priority: Hillary By Anwar Iqbal WASHINGTON, Jan 13: US Secretary of State-designate Hillary Rodham Clinton told her confirmation hearing on Tuesday that fighting terrorism in Pakistan and Afghanistan would be ... (more) Pakistan, Afghanistan will be Obama

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Michael Yon: Education and Challenges in Afghanistan
Victory Caucus -- All Content — ... does it make when it comes to entering and accessing the larger world? Literacy in Dari can be helpful because Dari readers can more easily access the world through the Farsi language highway (but the Farsi highway passes largely through the Iranian filter, which might not be particularly helpful to us). It seems that flooding Afghanistan with English learning materials would be in everyone's best interest. /pbr /p{loadposition user8}/pdiv class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds read ...

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