democracyarsenal.org - 3/25/2009
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As the President moves to make a decision in Afghanistan three schools of thought have emerged on what he should do. The President could choose to go all in. He could choose a minimalist strategy. Or he could opt for something in the middle. The President has no good ...
foreignpolicyi.org - 3/25/2009
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foreignpolicyi.org —
Afghanistan: Planning for Success The Foreign Policy Initiative
(FPI) invites you to a half-day conference on Tuesday,
March 31, 2009 at 8:30 a.m. to discuss how the United States and our allies can succeed in Afghanistan. This event will be held at ...
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The Foreign Policy Initiative
slate.com - 3/24/2009
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A U.S. Marine in Afghanistan. Click image to
expand. A U.S. Marine in Afghanistan With just a
week until President Barack Obama flies to Strasbourg, France, for his first NATO conference, his top advisers are still divided over what U.S. policy should ...
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Obama must choose this week between two radically ...
wonkroom.thinkprogress.org - 3/26/2009
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What do you do if your previous organization
— and the ideology behind it — has become
inextricably bound in the public’s imagination to one of the worst foreign policy blunders in American history? Obviously, shut it down, and ...
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Project For The Rehabilitation Of Neoconservatism
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The WonkLine: March 25, 2009
Wonk Room —
... Advocating the “middle path” in Afghanistan, Ilan Goldenberg writes that “a massive and unlimited commitment is completely unrealistic both politically and financially…However, it’s too early to go with a minimalist approach.” ...
Instahoglets Wednesday
Newshoggers.com —
... : CT or COIN? Obama must choose this week between two radically different Afghanistan policies. Ilan Goldenberg at Democracy Arsenal: let's do a half-arsed try at COIN for two or three Friedmans worth and then if it doesn't look like it will work go for a minimalist CT and then withdraw approach. ...
Ominous Canary Songs
Political Animal —
... are all excited about the policy.... well, it might be time to get out of the mine. More substantively, my fear isn't so much with the policy announced yesterday. For the short term, Obama's policy strikes a reasonable balance between the "minimalist" and "maximalist" camps, which are helpfully described by Ilan Goldenberg . I'm ok with giving a "middle ground" strategy of regional diplomacy and reconciliation a chance -- but only for the short term. If things don't go well, then I agree with Goldenberg that we need to change course: If a middle ground strategy shows little ...
Ominous Canary Songs
Obsidian Wings —
... More substantively, my fear isn't so much with the policy announced yesterday. For the short term, Obama's policy strikes a reasonable balance between the "minimalist" and "maximalist" camps, which are helpfully described by Ilan Goldenberg. I'm ok with giving a "middle ground" strategy of regional diplomacy and reconciliation a chance -- but only for the short term. If things don't go well, then I agree with Goldenberg that we need to change course: ...
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Ilan Goldenberg: The Case for a Middle Path in Afghanistan
huffingtonpost.com 3/26/2009 — As the President moves this week to make a decision on Afghanistan three schools of thought have emerged on what he should do. The President could choose to go all in. He could choose a minimalist strategy. Or he could opt for ...
President Obama lays out Middle East strategy —
The Reaction
By Carol Gee President Barack Obama laid out U.S. foreign policy for areas of the Middle East in a speech Friday morning. The transcript can be seen in its entirety on Swampland at Time Magazine , " Obama goes to war ,"by Michael Scherer. HT Twitter . The speech will be analyzed in a dozen ...
Pakistan - 'The Most Dangerous Country' in the World? —
Crooks and Liars
Via the Brave New Foundation, Democrats.com and Peace Action West, a new documentary from Robert Greenwald looks at the problem with expanding the war in Afghanistan and the likely effect on Pakistan: The war in Afghanistan and its potentially catastrophic impact on Pakistan are complex and ...
Obama: Exit strategy for Afghanistan is priority —
PoliGazette
CBS “60 Minutes” interviewed President Barack Obama yesterday. Obama made several interesting comments during the interview, one of which was related to Afghanistan:
“What we can’t do is think that just a military approach in Afghanistan is going to be able to solve ...
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