windsofchange.net - 1/15/2009
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I saw this the other day, and waited for it to get picked up and commented on. It wasn't, so I'll raise it here.
Here's Spencer Ackerman writing in the Washington Independent :
Today a cohort of progressive bloggers unveils a new effort against the planned 20,000-troop increase of U.S. ...
breitbart.com - 1/13/2009
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breitbart.com —
BAGHDAD (AP) - Vice President-elect Joe Biden told
Iraqi leaders Tuesday that the incoming U.S. administration is
committed to a responsible troop withdrawal that does not endanger improvements in security, an Iraqi spokesman said. Biden delivered ...
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Iraq official: Biden affirms 'responsible' pullout
worldaffairsjournal.org - 1/14/2009
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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 ...
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The Human Element: When Gadgetry Becomes Strategy
amazon.com - 1/11/2009
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amazon.com —
From Publishers Weekly In February 2003, Jones and
her fellow NGO relief workers watched with disbelief and
horror as Fox News declared the American war in Afghanistan a success the Taliban totally defeated, all Afghan women "liberated" and the ...
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Kabul in Winter: Life Without Peace in Afghanistan: Ann ...
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Anti-Iraq War or just knee-jerk Anti-War?
QandO —
Armed Liberal cites Spencer Ackerman wondering if the jig is up for some of the left: ...[F]or at least four years, there’s been something of a dodge taken by liberals when discussing Afghanistan. To speak broadly, liberals have endlessly invoked the mantra that the real center of the war on terrorism is in Afghanistan, rather than in Iraq. But that’s been a statement about Iraq, rather than Afghanistan. To put it a different way, liberals, I think it’s fair to say, have discussed Afghanistan not on its own terms, but as a ...
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