youtube.com - 1/14/2009
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Rachel Maddow Show - Bob Herbert: Afghanistan, Barack? Really?01_13_09
getafghanistanright.com - 1/12/2009
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getafghanistanright.com —
Get Afghanistan Right Week posted on January 12th,
2009 by Jason Rosenbaum at The Seminal As you
may have noticed or may have heard, The Seminal has a new project that is going public this week. Along with fellow bloggers, journalists, and ...
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Get Afghanistan Right!
washingtonindependent.com - 1/12/2009
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washingtonindependent.com —
Today a cohort of progressive bloggers unveils a
new effort against the planned 20,000-troop increase of U.S.
forces in Afghanistan. A website called GetAfghanistanRight, set up by bloggers at the Seminal and Brave New Films — and with the ...
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GetAfghanistanRight.com
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Maddow, Herbert, New Site Urge US to Get Afghanistan Right
Firedoglake —
Meet the new boss, same as the old boss. I can’t believe I just had to type that, but when it comes to US policymakers vis-à-vis America’s war footing, the Obama Administration is looking all too ready to embrace the melodic cynicism of Pete Townsend.
Rachel Maddow began a Tuesday segment on Afghanistan by reporting ...
Obama Knows the Afghanistan Surge Won't Work
Open Left - Front Page —
I mentioned Get Afghanistan Right in quick hits yesterday but this is an effort that deserves more attention. The Washington Post sub-headline - "Obama sees troops as buying time, not turning tide" - offers a damning glimpse into the reasoning behind the Afghanistan surge. The fact that the administration still hasn't decided what the troops will be doing once they get there is just frightening. Sadly, many of the people arguing for escalation don't offer much in the way of solutions either.
It is clear that we can not afford to blindly continue George W. Bush's non-strategy:
"We have no strategic plan. ...
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