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guardian.co.uk - 10/7/2009
Flipside of the Afghan COIN | James Denselow | Comment is free
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The next month is a pivotal time for America's Afghanistan strategy. The Senate is expected to vote on the Obama administration's $128bn request to fund war operations in Afghanistan and Iraq for the coming fiscal year. Next week, the administration will unveil a report on whether US benchmarks ...
Americans Divided on Sending More Troops to Afghanistan
gallup.com - 10/8/2009
Americans Divided on Sending More Troops to Afghanistan
— gallup.com — PRINCETON, NJ -- As the debate intensifies over the next steps for the United States in the... war in Afghanistan, a new USA Today /Gallup poll finds Americans about evenly divided over whether the U.S. should increase its troop presence there. ... (more) Americans Divided on Sending More Troops to Afghanistan

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google.com - 10/7/2009
The Associated Press: 8 years in, Obama weighs Afghanistan options
— google.com — 21 hours ago WASHINGTON President Barack Obama is gathering his national security team for another strategy session... on Afghanistan after signaling that a troop withdrawal is not under consideration. Obama's White House session Wednesday comes eight ... (more) The Associated Press: 8 years in, Obama weighs ...

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news.yahoo.com - 10/8/2009
AP source: Obama focusing on al
— news.yahoo.com — WASHINGTON President Barack Obama is prepared to accept some Taliban involvement in Afghanistan 's political future and... appears inclined to send only as many more U.S. troops as needed to keep al-Qaida at bay, a senior administration official said ... (more) AP source: Obama focusing on al

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Losing the Moral High Ground
Commondreams.org Views — As the eighth anniversary of the launch of Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan approaches, the spotlight is on the Obama administration's evolving war strategy in a nation long known as the "graveyard of empires." The current discourse on what is now dubbed " Obama's War " focuses on the number and composition of troops, as well as the overarching strategy ( counter-insurgency , rapid withdrawal , a mix of military and reconstruction operations). But we should not lose sight of another consequence of the October 7, 2001 invasion: the detention of thousands ...

Frida Berrigan: Losing the Moral High Ground
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — As the eighth anniversary of the launch of Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan approaches, the spotlight is on the Obama administration's evolving war strategy in a nation long known as the "graveyard of empires." The current discourse on what is now dubbed "Obama's War" focuses on the number and composition of troops, as well as the overarching strategy (counter-insurgency, rapid withdrawal, a mix of military and reconstruction operations). But we should not lose sight of another consequence of the October ...

Losing the Moral High Ground
Antiwar.com Original — On the eighth anniversary of the launch of Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan, the spotlight is on the Obama administration’s evolving war strategy in a nation long known as the "graveyard of empires." The current discourse on what is now dubbed " Obama’s War " focuses on the number and composition of troops, as well as the overarching strategy ( counter-insurgency , rapid withdrawal , a mix of military and reconstruction operations). But we should not lose sight of another consequence of the October 7, 2001 invasion: the detention of thousands of people ...

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