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shotinthedark.info - 10/28/2009
Maybe Amy Klobuchar Should Armor Them
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Remember when the Democrats held up “unarmored Humvees” as the greatest crime ever committed against US troops? It all seems so long ago, now: Afghanistan is a country the size of Texas, with only a handful of major roads. So when the U.S. military wants to haul gear, supply isolated ...
U.S. Continues Quagmire-Building Effort In Afghanistan
theonion.com - 10/28/2009
U.S. Continues Quagmire-Building Effort In Afghanistan
— theonion.com — October 27, 2009 | Issue 45•44 KABUL, AFGHANISTAN— According to sources at the Pentagon, American quagmire-building efforts... continued apace in Afghanistan this week, as the geographically rugged, politically unstable region remained ungovernable, ... (more) U.S. Continues Quagmire-Building Effort In Afghanistan

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Kerry Backs Counterinsurgency Strategy in Afghanistan « The Washington Independent
washingtonindependent.com - 10/27/2009
Kerry Backs Counterinsurgency Strategy in Afghanistan « The Washington Independent
— washingtonindependent.com — Fresh from a trip last week to Afghanistan, where he scored a diplomatic coup by securing Afghan... President Hamid Karzai’s acquiescence to a runoff election , Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) urged President Obama to endorse a counterinsurgency campaign ... (more) Kerry Backs Counterinsurgency Strategy in Afghanistan ...

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washingtonindependent.com - 10/27/2009
The First Afghanistan Resignation « The Washington Independent
— washingtonindependent.com — powerful story from The Washington Post : a leading State Department foreign-service officer official in Afghanistan’s Zabul... province has resigned in protest of the war, writing that he has “lost understanding of and confidence in the strategic ... (more) The First Afghanistan Resignation « The ...

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