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Op-Ed Contributor - Transitions - The ‘Good War’ Isn’t Worth Fighting
nytimes.com - 11/24/2008
Op-Ed Contributor - Transitions - The ‘Good War’ Isn’t Worth Fighting
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London AFGHANISTAN does not matter as much as Barack Obama thinks. Terrorism is not the key strategic threat facing the United States. America, Britain and our allies have not created a positive stable environment in the Middle East. We have no clear strategy for dealing with China. The ...
thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com - 11/29/2008
Bush Weighs In on His Legacy
— thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com — George W. Bush said he wants to be remembered as a president who "did not sell his... soul in order to accommodate the political process." (more) Bush Weighs In on His Legacy

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msnbc.msn.com - 11/25/2008
Karzai: Fixed end date needed for Afghan war
— msnbc.msn.com — President Hamid Karzai told a visiting U.N. Security Council delegation Tuesday that the international community should set... a timeline to end the war in Afghanistan. (more) Karzai: Fixed end date needed for Afghan war

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topics.nytimes.com - 11/25/2008
James L. Jones News - The New York Times
— topics.nytimes.com — Gen. James L. Jones, a former commander of all NATO forces, is being considered for a number... of top foreign policy jobs in the Obama administration: secretary of state, secretary of defense or national security adviser. General Jones combines a ... (more) James L. Jones News - The New York Times

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Taylor Marsh:  Marines to Afghanistan

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Marines to Afghanistan
Taylor Marsh — ... The reality of a limited troop increase in Afghanistan is quite a point of debate among progressive national security thinkers. Some preferring to take the road explained yesterday by Rory Stewart, a former British Foreign Service officer. It begins: Afghanistan does not matter as much as Barack Obama thinks. Many agree with this assessment. I’m just not one of them, as I’ve stated many times, regardless of my ...

A Blinkered Foreign Policy
Newshoggers.com — ...  has long been an opponent of colonialist nation building ventures in Iraq and Afghanistan. Today in an op-ed for the NY Times he sets out the truth as he sees it. ...

A Blinkered Foreign Policy
At-Largely — ...  has long been an opponent of colonialist nation building ventures in Iraq and Afghanistan. Today in an op-ed for the NY Times he sets out the truth as he sees it . Terrorism is not the key strategic threat facing the United States. America, Britain and our allies have not created a positive stable environment in the Middle East. We have no clear strategy for dealing with China. The financial crisis is a more immediate threat to United States power and to other states; environmental catastrophe is more dangerous for the world. And even from the perspective of terrorism, ...

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