attackerman.firedoglake.com - 2/18/2009
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He promised to do so on the campaign trail, and now he's done it: President Barack Obama has approved a troop increase to Afghanistan. His just-released statement is below. Notice that the forces approved appears to be less than the 20,000-30,000 troops that Gen. David McKiernan, commander of ...
nytimes.com - 2/17/2009
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nytimes.com —
WASHINGTON -- President Obama said Tuesday that he
would send an additional 17,000 American troops to Afghanistan
this spring and summer, putting his stamp firmly on a war that he has long complained is going in the wrong direction. The order will add ...
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Putting Stamp on Afghan War, Obama Will Send 17,000 Troops
washingtonindependent.com - 2/18/2009
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washingtonindependent.com —
He promised to do so on the campaign
trail, and now he’s done it: President Obama has
approved a troop increase to Afghanistan. His just-released statement is below. Notice that the forces approved appear to be less than the 20,000-30,000 troops ...
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As Expected, Obama Approves Troop Increase To Afghanistan
defenselink.mil - 2/18/2009
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defenselink.mil —
Pursuant to President Obama’s decision today, Secretary Gates
ordered the deployment of two additional combat units, totaling
more than 12,000 troops, to Afghanistan. The 2d Marine Expeditionary Brigade (MEB), from Camp Lejeune, N.C., with ...
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DefenseLink News Release: DoD Announces Afghanistan ...
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A Bunch of Stuff Happened...
Lawyers, Guns and Money —
So, lot's of interesting defense news; read Spencer on the Afghanistan buildup and David Axe on the F-22. If you read the latter, please compare and contrast Axe's case for purchasing more F-22s with Bowden's; the former dispenses with myths, while the latter reinforces them; the former has a handle on the economic and strategic tradeoffs, while the latter ignores them; and the former rejects panicky arguments about the dwindling air superiority "gap" while the latter uncritically accepts them. In short, the former knows what he's talking about and the latter is ...
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What, I Was Serious?
windsofchange.net 1/15/2009 — I saw this the other day, and waited for it to get picked up and commented on. It wasn't, so I'll raise it here.
Here's Spencer Ackerman writing in the Washington Independent :
Today a cohort of progressive bloggers unveils a new effort against ...
Obama to Deploy 2 More Brigades to Afghanistan
briefingroom.thehill.com 2/20/2009 — President Barack Obama announced Tuesday that he is sending two more troop brigades to Afghanistan.
Obama said in a statement that the situation in Afghanistan and Pakistan "demands argent attention and swift action."
"The Taliban is resurgent in ...
Getting Afghanistan Right
agonist.org 1/14/2009 — Memo to President-Elect Obama:
"Now it is folly to go against men who could not be kept under even if conquered, while failure would leave us in a very different position from that which we occupied before the enterprise."
Thucydides, VI, 11. ...
17k More Troops To Get Orders To Afghanistan
blogs.abcnews.com 1/28/2009 — ABC's Luis E. Martinez reports: When President Obama visits the Pentagon tomorrow he will be presented with plans that by week's end could see as many as 17,000 additional US troops receiving their deployment orders for Afghanistan. Testifying on ...
The New Strategy for Afghanistan
outsidethebeltway.com 2/9/2009 — The Obama Administration has outlined a new strategy for Afghanistan:
The Obama administration today today outlined a new campaign strategy for the war in Afghanistan, scaling back the ambitions of George Bush in a shift which senior officials and ...
The Cost Of A COIN War In Afghanistan
newshoggers.com 3/19/2009 — By Steve Hynd
It's apparently a taboo subject - no-one wants to talk about how much a COIN war in Afghanistan will cost or even how long it will last. Conservatives simply don't want to "lose" and don't seem to care about the costs, while ...
BBC NEWS | Americas | US to boost troops in Afghanistan
news.bbc.co.uk 2/17/2009 — President Barack Obama has authorised the deployment of up to 17,000 extra US troops to Afghanistan, saying they are to "meet urgent security needs". Two brigades - one army and one marine - are to be sent, Mr Obama said in a statement released by the ...
GetAfghanistanRight.com
washingtonindependent.com 1/12/2009 — Today a cohort of progressive bloggers unveils a new effort against the planned 20,000-troop increase of U.S. forces in Afghanistan. A website called GetAfghanistanRight, set up by bloggers at the Seminal and Brave New Films — and with the ...
More Troops to Afghanistan
yglesias.thinkprogress.org 2/18/2009 — My inbox is ablaze with different people forwarding me information about the President deciding to dispatch a Marine Expeditionary Brigade and an Army Stryler Brigade to Afghanistan. Given that we’re not going to withdraw from Afghanistan—and ...
Five Myths About the Afghanistan Escalation
vetvoice.com 1/29/2009 — As President Obama readies a plan to send more troops to Afghanistan, there's been a vigorous debate on the progressive side among those who wish to see more U.S. troops sent to Afghanistan and those who don't. On the one hand, we have a White ...
First 100 Days: Troops to Afghanistan —
First Read 2/18/2009
“Barack Obama, whose presidential ambitions were launched by his opposition to one war, moved Tuesday to expand the U.S. deployment in another,” USA Today writes. “In his first such action as president, Obama ordered an additional 17,000 combat ...
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