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Obama seeks Afghanistan data: http://bit.ly/4sxfJq 10/29/2009 |
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@AfPakChannel re http://tinyurl.com/yfbbpra I pray 4 a shift in focus to regional & local governance as in http://bit.ly/46WFqd 10/29/2009 |
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Newspaper Roundup for Thursday, October 29, 2009
CNSNews.com Headlines —
... Washington Post: Obama requests study on leaders of Afghan provinces prior to troop decision Details should help president determine need Washington Post: ...
The Note's Must-Reads for Thursday, October 29, 2009
The Note —
... Vaccine Poses Political Test for Obama” LINK
The Washington Post’s Rob Stein: “Top officials defend flu vaccination campaign” LINK
AFGHANISTAN:
The Boston Globe's Brian MacQuarrie: "United in loss, 9/11 families are divided on Afghan war" LINK
The Associated Press: "Officials: Obama considers scaled-down Afghan plan" LINK
The Washington Post’s Scott Wilson and Greg Jaffe: “Obama seeks study on local leaders for troop decision” LINK
Bloomberg’s Nicholas Johnston: “Obama Attends Return of War Dead From Afghanistan” ...
Obama And Rahm Invent Ridiculous New Delaying Tactic For Afghanistan Decision
Pat Dollard | Young Americans —
This is the biggest jerk-off since the last White House press conference. The results of this study matter absolute zero with regard to answering the military’s troop request.
Washington Post:
President Obama has asked senior officials for a province-by-province analysis of Afghanistan to determine which regions are being managed effectively by local leaders and which require international help, information that his advisers say will guide his decision on how many additional U.S. troops to send to the battle. ...
Afghanistan in the Caucus Room: Levin Slams Cheney
Taylor Marsh —
Obama: From WH To TWL In Four Short Years
Riehl World View —
... Keeping in mind that retired General Jones is a civilian and a politician now, Obama has reduced his team to civilian politicians to second guess McChrystal. And now he wants numbers district by district to do some actuarial science as retired ballerina, Rahm and others pour over data to make a decision on Afghanistan based upon their own anaylsis. Is it that, or a seemingly acceptable way to keep the Left quiet and Afghanistan out of the headlines as the march toward ObamaCare to control a large portion of the American economy continues without, in his view, ...
Gen. L.B.J. “Fightin’ Joe Biden” Obama
Jules Crittenden —
... The Hero of Altgeld Gardens* asks for province-by-province anaysis on Afghanistan to help decide where he’ll deploy his troops. Washington Post : President Obama has asked senior officials for a province-by-province analysis of Afghanistan to determine which regions are being managed effectively by local leaders and which require international help, information that his advisers say will guide his decision on how many additional U.S. troops to send to the battle. Obama made the request in a meeting Monday with Vice President Biden and a small group of senior advisers helping ...
Signal Visit: Powerful images as president prepares weighty decision
The Note —
... Yes, how many: "President Obama has asked senior officials for a province-by-province analysis of Afghanistan to determine which regions are being managed effectively by local leaders and which require international help, information that his advisers say will guide his decision on how many additional U.S. troops to send to the battle," Scott Wilson and Greg Jaffe report in The Washington Post. "[Secretary Robert] Gates and [National Security Adviser James] Jones have pushed McChrystal to justify as specifically as possible his request for 44,000 additional ...
Thursday Linkage
The Political Carnival —
... Washington Post: Obama seeks study on local leaders for troop decision President Obama has asked senior officials for a province-by-province analysis of Afghanistan to determine which regions are being managed effectively by local leaders and which require international help, information that his advisers say will guide his decision on how many additional U.S. troops to send to the battle. ...
Obama agenda: A scaled-down plan?
First Read —
... Per the Washington Post, “President Obama has asked senior officials for a province-by-province analysis of Afghanistan to determine which regions are being managed effectively by local leaders and which require international help, information that his advisers say will guide his decision on how many additional U.S. troops to send to the battle.” ...
Meanwhile, In Upstate New York
JustOneMinute —
Hoffman? Who he? You should see what is going on at climateaudit.org where the latest post is a mano a mano between Steve McIntyre and William Connolley, who is the mastermind of the Wiki censorship of climate skepticism. =============================== Posted by: Hoffman? Who he? ...
Obama Drills Down on Afghanistan
The New Republic blogs —
Obama wants a study of the country at a micro-level. That seems reasonable enough in the abstract--but it's also coming a bit late. This, too, wasn't done during that January-March review? It also signals something less than a vote of total confidence in the judgment of the top U.S. commander on the ground, Stanley McChrystal. Moreover, it further indicates that we won't see a decision on troop levels in the next several days. On ABC last night George Stephanopoulos said the White House was hoping to make an announcement on Monday November 8 or Tuesday November 9, before Obama departs on a trip to Asia. But the Afghan runoff election doesn't happen until Sunday the 7th, and as ...
Now They're Asking?
JustOneMinute —
Not to tell the Administration how to do its job, but this from the WaPo is somewhat terrifying: President Obama has asked senior officials for a province-by-province analysis of Afghanistan to determine which regions are being managed effectively by local leaders and which require international help, information that his advisers say will guide his decision on how many additional U.S. troops to send to the battle. Obama made the request in a meeting Monday with Vice President Biden and a small group of senior advisers helping him decide whether to expand the war. The detail he is now seeking also reflects the administration's turn toward Afghanistan's provincial governors, ...
Obama Continues to Put Off Afghanistan Decision
PoliGazette —
The Washington Post reports:
President Obama has asked senior officials for a province-by-province analysis of Afghanistan to determine which regions are being managed effectively by local leaders and which require international help, information that his advisers say will guide his decision on how many additional U.S. troops to send to the battle.
Obama made the request in a meeting Monday with Vice President Biden and a small group of senior advisers helping him decide whether to expand the war. The detail he is now ...
Why Are We Still in Afghanistan?
The Moderate Voice —
Yes, yes, to fight the terrorists who attacked us on 9/11. But eight years later, American blood and treasure are still being poured into a country of dirt-poor, illiterate people who support themselves by growing poppy for opium and heroin under one of the most corrupt governments in the world.
As Barack Obama makes a midnight visit to honor the incoming dead and console their families, critics may sneer at his theatricality, but the President seems to be trying to clear his head and heart of the numbers and jargon that have dominated months of discussion about whether or not to send up to44,000 more troops to do what those who are now dying there in record ...
Wack-A-Mole Advance 360 For Windows 7 Wii
Jules Crittenden —
... , he’s trying to outplay his own generals, gaming a sort of sophisticated wack-a-mole strategy … not just that clunky, grimy old arcade game with a choice of wacking the “Afghanistan” mole or the “Pakistan” mole, but a high-speed Afghan province-specific one . ...
Round two (part two)
Mudville Gazette —
(Part one here)
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As the scheduled November 7 second round election date draws near, last minute efforts to replace the Karzai government in Afghanistan are moving into high gear.
From London: Dr Abdullah Abdullah is meeting his main allies in Kabul today and tomorrow to discuss his options after failing to strike a power-sharing deal with Mr Karzai in talks this week, according to sources in both camps and Western officials.
They said that it seemed increasingly unlikely that Dr Abdullah would stand in the run-off, because his staff were not even campaigning, and that ...
Too Big to Fail?
Antiwar.com Original —
In the worst of times, my father always used to say, “A good gambler cuts his losses.” It’s a formulation imprinted on my brain forever. That no-nonsense piece of advice still seems reasonable to me, but it doesn’t apply to American war policy. Our leaders evidently never saw a war to which the word “more” didn’t apply. Hence the Afghan War, where impending disaster is just an invitation to fuel the flames of an already roaring fire. Here’s a partial rundown of news from that devolving conflict: In the last week, Nuristan, a province on the Pakistani border, essentially fell ...
Too Big to Fail? Why All the President's Afghan Options Are Bad Ones
Commondreams.org Views —
In the worst of times, my father always used to say, "A good gambler cuts his losses." It's a formulation imprinted on my brain forever. That no-nonsense piece of advice still seems reasonable to me, but it doesn't apply to American war policy. Our leaders evidently never saw a war to which the word "more" didn't apply. Hence the Afghan War, where impending disaster is just an invitation to fuel the flames of an already roaring fire. Here's a partial rundown of news from that devolving conflict: In the last week, Nuristan, a province on the Pakistani border, essentially fell ...
