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thewashingtonnote.com - 1/16/2009
The Afghanistan Good War/Bad War Problem
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It's Official: War on Terror Is the Most Successful Military Campaign In US History
gatewaypundit.blogspot.com - 1/19/2009
It's Official: War on Terror Is the Most Successful Military Campaign In US History
— gatewaypundit.blogspot.com — Before President George W. Bush leaves office it's only fitting to give credit to where credit it... due. Although you would not know this from the anti-Bush media or democrats, the US military has waged the most successful military campaign in American ... (more) It's Official: War on Terror Is the Most Successful ...

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The Human Element: When Gadgetry Becomes Strategy
worldaffairsjournal.org - 1/14/2009
The Human Element: When Gadgetry Becomes Strategy
— worldaffairsjournal.org — Wrong, terribly wrong T he wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and the political debates concerning the nature... and scope of U.S. involvement in those countries, have resurrected the “lessons” of Vietnam once again. Far from having kicked the “Vietnam ... (more) The Human Element: When Gadgetry Becomes Strategy

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news.yahoo.com - 1/18/2009
Afghan foreign minister unhappy with Clinton - Yahoo! News
— news.yahoo.com — KABUL, Afghanistan U.S. Secretary of State-designate Hillary Clinton 's use of the term "narco state" to describe... Afghanistan in a recent Senate testimony has caught the attention of her Afghan counterpart. Foreign Ministry Rangin Dadfar Spanta said ... (more) Afghan foreign minister unhappy with Clinton - Yahoo! News

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Politics on HuffingtonPost.com:  Steve Clemons: Obama's Military Blind Spot?

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Steve Clemons: Obama's Military Blind Spot?
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... Barack Obama, at least as things stand now, has continued to characterize Afghanistan as the war America should morally wage and which is the good war in contrast to Iraq, "the bad war." ...

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