Obama Goes To War
swampland.blogs.time.com 3/27/2009 — As Obama gave his speech laying out a new strategy for Afghanistan Friday, Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley posted on Twitter, " Listning Prez on FOX anounce his Afhgan stategy Now it bcomes Obama War Not Bush war any longer." Indeed. In addition to laying ...

Obama: Yup, We're at War in Pakistan (Updated Again)
blog.wired.com 3/27/2009 — Perhaps you were wondering whether or not the U.S. was really at war in Pakistan, as well as Afghanistan. Well, President Obama just put those questions to rest. With everyone from Hillary Clinton to Robert Gates to General David Petraeus...

The Big "Con": Holbrooke, Taliban, and… "Another 9/11"?
agonist.org 5/12/2009 — The Big "Con" Taliban About to Defeat Pakistan , Take Control of Nukes, and It's Another 9/11 Michael Collins A strange feeling of déjà vu arises while listening to the administration sell further U.S. military intervention in ...

The Pakistani Monster
antiwar.com 3/7/2009 — Excerpt: The tempestuous relationship between the United States and Pakistan is akin to a sordid soap opera featuring a fickle, selfish lover and her unpredictable mistress prone to volatile tantrums.

President Obama's Afghanistan Speech
openleft.com 4/6/2009 — The entire text of President Obama's Afghanistan speech is in the extended entry. I have to tun, so I don't have time to comment, but there will be more on Afghanistan later today and next week. This is an open thread on the speech. Good morning. ...

The Pakistan Problem
swampland.blogs.time.com 2/20/2009 — This is typically excellent work by Fred Kaplan, especially these two paragraphs: President Obama and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates have said that their limited mission in Afghanistan is to keep that country from becoming a safe haven for ...

US strikes Haqqani Network in North Waziristan
longwarjournal.org 4/4/2009 — The front gate of the Haqqani-run Manba Ulom madrassa in North Waziristan. Photo by The Asia Times . The US has attacked a safe house in the lawless, Taliban-controlled tribal agency of North Waziristan. An unmanned Predator ...

The Plan Unveiled (II)
mudvillegazette.com 3/28/2009 — White Paper of the Interagency Policy Group's Report on U.S. Policy toward Afghanistan and Pakistan Of immediate note: " the core goal of the U.S. must be to disrupt, dismantle, and defeat al Qaeda and its safe havens in Pakistan , and to prevent their return to Pakistan or Afghanistan." ...

Time ThePage: Obama - U.S. Will Stay "On the Offensive" in Afghanistan Tuesday, March 24th, 2009 Article Tools Print Email RSS
hosted.ap.org 3/24/2009 — Speaking in the Oval Office, the president says U.S. forces will more closely coordinate with other coalition forces in the country. Makes the comments during his meeting with Austalia's Prime Minister.

Obama’s Afghanistan Policy: The Four Questions
attackerman.firedoglake.com 3/27/2009 — photo by Travir To gaze in one's own navel: I said earlier I'd be listening to Obama's Af-Pak speech for answers to four questions, like this was Passover or something. So what about those answers? 1. Will Obama give an exit strategy, an ...

Holbrooke: Afghanistan is no Vietnam — CNN Political Ticker 3/29/2009
Richard Holbrooke, the Obama administration's special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, appeared on State of the Union Sunday. WASHINGTON (CNN) – Just days after President Obama announced his comprehensive plan for the next phase of the U.S. ...

Obama aides talk frankly about lack of trust with Pakistan — CNN Political Ticker 3/29/2009
WASHINGTON (CNN) – On the same day that President Obama reiterated his commitment to strike high-value targets inside Pakistan’s borders, two of his senior aides who are intimately involved with pursuing U.S. strategy in the area spoke frankly about ...

Obama rules out U.S. troops in Pakistan — msnbc.com: Politics 3/29/2009
As he carries out a retooled strategy in Afghanistan, President Barack Obama says he will consult with Pakistan's leaders before pursuing terrorist hideouts in that country.

Obama: U.S. prepared to pursue targets in Pakistan — CNN.com - Politics 3/29/2009
President Obama said Sunday that his administration remains prepared to order strikes against "high-value" targets within Pakistan.

Pakistan’s President Praises Obama and Offers New Concession to the Opposition — NYT > Politics 3/29/2009
President Asif Ali Zardari promised to ease domestic political turmoil and praised the Obama administration’s new policy to Pakistan as “positive change.”