wonkroom.thinkprogress.org - 2/20/2009
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As last Friday’s Progress Report noted, and today’s underlines, President Obama has inherited a crisis in Afghanistan. The problems identified in the Center for American Progress’s December 2007 report still exist, and have gotten worse. There is a serious and growing debate ...
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nsnetwork.org - 2/19/2009
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PRINCIPLES FOR AN AFGHANISTAN STRATEGY As the Obama
Administration begins a 60-day review of its Afghanistan strategy,
a diverse group of progressive experts in development, counter-terrorism, regional politics and US politics came together to ...
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Principles for an Afghanistan Strategy
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Fred Kagan: ‘The Iraqis Were Not Bitching’ About Civilian Deaths Because They ‘Sort Of Accept’ Them
Think Progress —
... , Matt Duss notes that Kagan’s casual dismissal of human rights marks a line in the sand between progressives and neoconservatives. “Neoconservatism is based in the idea that there’s no national security problem that can’t be overcome by the relentless application of the military force. Progressives understand that this is wrong,” he writes. ...
Space Oddities
Obsidian Wings —
... , at the end of the day, the trigger pullers in theater will be forced by the circumstances (understandably) to adopt a mind set that undervalues the lives of the target population. And many of their leaders - military and domestic - will reinforce the dehumanization on the ground. Another such example from Robert Kagan via Matt Duss: ...
Space Oddities
Newshoggers.com —
... , at the end of the day, the trigger pullers in theater will be forced by the circumstances (understandably) to adopt a mind set that undervalues the lives of the target population. And many of their leaders - military and domestic - will reinforce the dehumanization on the ground. Another such example from Robert Kagan via Matt Duss: ...
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