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President must delay Afghan decision until after runoff
blackfive.net - 10/27/2009
President must delay Afghan decision until after runoff
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It is imperative that President Obama delay any decision on Afghanistan until after an upcoming runoff between current President Hamid Karzai and his oppponent Abdullah 2 because A2 has very diffferent views about US presence in his country and will likely call for a withdrawal of our ...
nytimes.com - 10/28/2009
Brother of Afghan Leader Is Said to Be on C.I.A. Payroll
— nytimes.com — KABUL, Afghanistan — Ahmed Wali Karzai , the brother of the Afghan president and a suspected player... in the country’s booming illegal opium trade, gets regular payments from the Central Intelligence Agency , and has for much of the past eight years, ... (more) Brother of Afghan Leader Is Said to Be on C.I.A. Payroll

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Kerry Backs Counterinsurgency Strategy in Afghanistan « The Washington Independent
washingtonindependent.com - 10/27/2009
Kerry Backs Counterinsurgency Strategy in Afghanistan « The Washington Independent
— washingtonindependent.com — Fresh from a trip last week to Afghanistan, where he scored a diplomatic coup by securing Afghan... President Hamid Karzai’s acquiescence to a runoff election , Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) urged President Obama to endorse a counterinsurgency campaign ... (more) Kerry Backs Counterinsurgency Strategy in Afghanistan ...

Comments vote down Open Left - Front Page found this 10/27/2009found this
mudvillegazette.com - 30 days ago
Round Two
— mudvillegazette.com — By the looks of it, this NY Times story was going to tell the whole truth :... The Great American Arm-Twist in Afghanistan KABUL, Afghanistan -- By the looks of it, the ceremony that unfolded last week inside the Presidential Palace here was marking a joyous, even triumphant, occasion.  ... (more) Round Two

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Blackfive: President must delay Afghan decision until after runoff
Victory Caucus -- All Content — ... no leadership and plenty of weakness to our enemies and our allies. More meetings and more coffee sipping isn't going to change a damn thing on the ground except to watch it deteriorate. If anyone wonders why I hate politics and politicians this is a perfect example. There is no legitimate way to frame this as a decision made on strategic national security concerns. Get off the dime sir, better men and women than you are dying. Reinforce them and try to win or bring them home now! read ...

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