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YON: Obama plan for Afghanistan, Pakistan short on bold
washingtontimes.com - 4/2/2009
YON: Obama plan for Afghanistan, Pakistan short on bold
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Michael Yon, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES Thursday, April 2, 2009 ANALYSIS/OPINION: President Obama 's new plan for Afghanistan and Pakistan (AfPak) was eagerly anticipated. I first reported from Afghanistan in early 2006 that the war was being lost, so any new plan to address the problems is ...
tnr.com - 3/31/2009
No Place to Hide
— tnr.com — When the Obama administration announced the results of its review of Afghanistan and Pakistan policies on Friday,... reporters quizzing the review's authors seemed confused. They wondered whether the recommendations announced by the president amounted to ... (more) No Place to Hide

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huffingtonpost.com - 3/31/2009
McCain: Obama Opened Himself Up To Charges Of Incrementalism In Afghanistan
— huffingtonpost.com — Sen. John McCain largely applauded the Obama administration's approach to Afghanistan on Tuesday. But he said that... if he had been elected, he would have done a variety of things differently and, in the process, he claimed that the president had set ... (more) McCain: Obama Opened Himself Up To Charges Of ...

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Iraq: the unraveling? (II)
ricks.foreignpolicy.com - 4/1/2009
Iraq: the unraveling? (II)
— ricks.foreignpolicy.com — I checked in yesterday when retired Col. Pete Mansoor , who was Gen. Petraeus's executive officer in... Iraq during most of the surge. I had been told that Mansoor had warned in Baghdad that signing the Status of Forces Agreement could lead the United ... (more) Iraq: the unraveling? (II)

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Obama plan for Afghanistan, Pakistan short on bold
Michael Yon - Online Magazine — ... reported from Afghanistan in early 2006 that the war was being lost, so any new plan to address the problems is at least three years late. This is not Mr. Obama's fault, but it is his problem. During his March 27 announcement, Mr. Obama said that critical assets were diverted from Afghanistan to Iraq. That's true, but it's not the only reason why Afghanistan is in trouble. For a variety of reasons - history, geography, people - Iraq is remarkably different than AfPak. Please Click to view entire article in the Washington Times. ...

Mike Yon in the Washington Times
Mudville Gazette — "Obama plan for Afghanistan, Pakistan short on bold" There is little wisdom or boldness in the new strategy. It's more like a 50/50 mix of hot coffee and cold cream, a compromise between national interests and domestic politics that makes the strategy neither one nor the other.There have been some mixed signals. It's almost as if tell9ing one group one thing and another the opposite is some sort of proven path to success.

Michael Yon on Obama’s Afghanistan plans
Pundit Review — Michael Yon on Obama’s Afghanistan plans Michael Yon, the incredible citizen journalist, writes in the Washoington Times this morning about Obama’s plan for Afghanistan, There is little wisdom or boldness in the new strategy. It’s more like a 50/50 mix of hot coffee and cold cream, a compromise between national interests and domestic politics that makes the strategy neither one nor the other. Greyhawk at Mudville Gazette wryly notes , It’s almost as if telling one group one thing and another the opposite is some sort of proven path to success. Almost. Read Michael’s whole column here . He is heading back to Afghanistan soon and we hope to get more front line ...

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Daily Pundit — Washington Times - YON: Obama plan for Afghanistan, Pakistan short on bold Had we followed his advice, we would have lost the Iraq war. Other members in his current crew wanted to partition Iraq, an idea met with incredulity by the Iraqis. Yon knows this is bullshit, and I’m kinda surprised he is peddling it. Iraq has been effectively, if not officially, partitioned. When Sunni terrorists bombed the Golden Mosque, the Iraqi Shia finally realized that the Americans weren’t really trying to protect them against the ...

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