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article.nationalreview.com - 30 days ago
Three Envelopes -- By: Charles Krauthammer
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O ld Soviet joke: Moscow, 1953. Stalin calls in Khrushchev. “Niki, I’m dying. Don’t have much to leave you. Just three envelopes. Open them, one at a time, when you get into big trouble.” A few years later, first crisis. Khrushchev opens envelope 1: “Blame everything on me. Uncle Joe.” A few ...
mudvillegazette.com - 30 days ago
Honoring the fallen
— mudvillegazette.com — As the Obama administration debated resource requirements, October became the deadliest month for U.S. forces in Afghanistan... since the beginning of the war. Even before the "record numbers" the president's approval ratings on Afghanistan were in free fall : In previous polls, Obama received ... (more) Honoring the fallen

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U.S. Continues Quagmire-Building Effort In Afghanistan
theonion.com - 10/28/2009
U.S. Continues Quagmire-Building Effort In Afghanistan
— theonion.com — October 27, 2009 | Issue 45•44 KABUL, AFGHANISTAN— According to sources at the Pentagon, American quagmire-building efforts... continued apace in Afghanistan this week, as the geographically rugged, politically unstable region remained ungovernable, ... (more) U.S. Continues Quagmire-Building Effort In Afghanistan

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Afghanistan in the Caucus Room: Levin Slams Cheney
taylormarsh.com - 29 days ago
Afghanistan in the Caucus Room: Levin Slams Cheney
— taylormarsh.com — This post has been edited and updated with reporting from the event. The event today, “Afghanistan: Basic... Questions – Strategic Choices,” was organized by the Rand Corp., with Steve Clemons of NAF. As backdrop, ... (more) Afghanistan in the Caucus Room: Levin Slams Cheney

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The Corner on National Review Online:  Krauthammer Today -- By: NRO Staff

USS Neverdock:  Afghanistan is Obama’s problem

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Krauthammer Today -- By: NRO Staff
The Corner on National Review Online — ... as well as our diplomats,” the president assured us. “We’ve consulted with the Afghan and Pakistani governments, with our partners and our NATO allies, and with other donors and international organizations” and “with members of Congress.” Obama is obviously unhappy with the path he himself chose in March. Fine. He has every right -- indeed, duty -- to reconsider. But what Obama is reacting to is the failure of his own strategy. Read his whole column here. ...

Afghanistan is Obama’s problem
USS Neverdock — Time to stop blaming Bush and stop playing politics with the troops lives.

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