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General aims to foil Taliban plan to make Afghanistan a British election issue By Ray Whitaker and Jane Merrick
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Midday Open Thread
Daily Kos —
... While it looks increasingly likely that President Obama will approve the addition of 30,000 or more U.S. troops in Afghanistan, McChrystal seeks to keep UK troops 'out of harm's way': General aims to foil Taliban plan to make Afghanistan a British election issue. ...
UK Independent's front page Remembrance Day call for Afghanistan withdrawal
Newshoggers.com —
... A second reason for staying is that our withdrawal could undermine Barack Obama, whose leadership is needed in the world. But we have left Iraq while the US stayed. In any case, as we report today, the US is keen to move British forces away from being a political target. ...
White House: No Decision Yet on Afghanistan
Daily Kos —
... Meanwhile, on Sunday, The Independent reported that General Stanley McChrystal wants to keep UK troops in Afghanistan out of harm's way so that casualties there do not inflame the British public in the run-up to the election there. ...
UK's New Afghan Tactic: Give Appearance Of Exit Strategy
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... U.S. and U.K. officials may have denied reports that the U.S. military was going to accomodate Brown's electoral worries by moving British troops out of dangerous areas, but in practical terms it's difficult to see how this new strategy is different from that. ...
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