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google.com - 2/3/2009
The Associated Press: Mullen: Afghanistan is no Vietnam
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12 hours ago WASHINGTON (AP) The top U.S. military officer cautioned Monday against comparing the Pentagon's renewed focus on Afghanistan to the Vietnam War, citing terrorism and a non-occupation strategy as "dramatic differences" between the two conflicts. "Afghanistan is much more complex," ...
newsweek.com - 2/1/2009
Could Afghanistan Be Obama's Vietnam? | Newsweek International
— newsweek.com — About a year ago, Charlie Rose, the nighttime talk-show host, was interviewing Lt. Gen. Douglas Lute, the... military adviser at the White House coordinating efforts in Afghanistan and Iraq. "We have never been beaten tactically in a fire fight in ... (more) Could Afghanistan Be Obama's Vietnam? | Newsweek ...

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politico.com - 2/3/2009
A new strategy for Afghanistan
— politico.com — The Pentagon’s top military officers are recommending to Obama that he shift U.S. strategy in Afghanistan.... (more) A new strategy for Afghanistan

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newsweek.com - 2/1/2009
Zakaria: How to Salvage Afghanistan | Newsweek International
— newsweek.com — In May 2006 a unit of American soldiers in Afghanistan 's Uruzgan valley were engulfed in a... ferocious fire fight with the Taliban . Only after six hours, and supporting airstrikes, could they extricate themselves from the valley. But what was most ... (more) Zakaria: How to Salvage Afghanistan | Newsweek ...

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Informed Comment:  Suicide Bomber Kills 25 Policemen in Afghanistan; American UN Official Kidnapped in Quetta; Pakistani Taliban take over Swat

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Suicide Bomber Kills 25 Policemen in Afghanistan; American UN Official Kidnapped in Quetta; Pakistani Taliban take over Swat
Informed Comment — ... Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen warned Monday against comparing Afghanistan to Vietnam. He said that the US and NATO are not occupying Afghanistan. What puzzles me is that surely US officers would have denied that they were occupying South Vietnam, as opposed to helping a friendly government fight off a Communist take-over. Mullen seems to be admitting that the New Left narrative about Vietnam as an American occupation was correct, but denying that that is what is going on in Afghanistan. (Or saying he won't allow the US presence there to degenerate ...

Mullen: Afghanistan is no Vietnam
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News — ... said Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He added: "I certainly recognize — and having been in Vietnam myself — that there are those who make comparisons. I would be pretty careful about that though, for lots of reasons." Mullen's comments came as the Pentagon prepares to deploy an additional 15,000 Army and Marine troops to Afghanistan this spring and summer in the Obama administration's military campaign to shut down the Taliban and al-Qaida. Read more: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iWxiu...

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