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Can we afford more?
20 hours ago ago from The Cutlass
Three weeks ago on Dec. 1, President Barack Obama announced the new plan for Afghanistan. A troop surge of 30,000 into Afghanistan is a strategy that many disagree with. Many people call this a lost cause, and talk about pulling out the troops and sending less because there is no need for more. However, before an opinion is to be formed it must first be informed. Going back to the terrible events of 9/11, the United States acted ...
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21 hours ago ago from Amauta
(Photo: The U.S. Army) Source: t r u t h o u t by Marjorie Cohn December 21, 2009 President Obama accepted the Nobel Peace Prize nine days after he announced he would send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan. His escalation of that war is not what the Nobel committee envisioned when it sought to encourage him to make peace, not war. In 1945, in the wake of two wars that claimed millions of lives, the nations of the ...
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23 hours ago ago from America at War
Counterpunch | By Marjorie Cohn | 21 December 2009 Why the Af/Pak War is Illegal A Grave Breach of the Geneva Conventions President Obama accepted the Nobel Peace Prize nine days after he announced he would send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan. His escalation of that war is not what the Nobel committee envisioned when it sought to encourage him to make peace, not war. In 1945, in the wake of two wars that claimed millions of ...
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23 hours ago ago from Baker County Blog
Some may have cheered at the news that Peace President Obama may have ordered the air strike on alleged Al Qaeda camps in Yemen last Friday, December 18th. At least two reports have indicated that Peace President Obama ordered the cruise missile attacks. Others indicate that Yemen is taking responsibility. Given history, I tend to believe the former. In any event, below are a few articles concerning the episode that involved the killing of ...
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15 hours ago ago from Misblog
Senator Feinstein's unbounded morphing mission statement can be significantly shortened quagmire. "I believe strongly that Taliban forces in Afghanistan and Pakistan, al Qaeda, the Haqqani Network, Lashkar-e-Tayyiba and other extremist groups represent a real and significant threat to the security of Afghanistan and Pakistan. Unchecked, they threaten the United States and our allies as well. The plan put forward represents the most ...
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Afghans in Iowa React to Obama's Afghanistan Surge
2 hours ago ago from Politics Daily
The debate over U.S. military efforts in Afghanistan, including President Obama's recently announced troop surge, has brought the country to international attention yet again. But for Afghans living in America, the debate hits closer to home. Many have come as refugees, acquiring American citizenship. Some are here to study, gaining not only an American education, but also American points of view. And some have grown up here, brought by ...
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5 hours ago ago from NPR
Search hear continuous streams 24-Hour Program Stream NPR News and Shows hear the latest news [4 min 45 sec] Latest NPR Newscast For Obama, A Foreign Policy To-Do List For 2010 by KEVIN WHITELAW Heading into a new year, President Obama is juggling two unpredictable wars, a pair of rulers eager to realize their ...
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23 hours ago ago from CNN - U.S.
U.S. soldiers in Iraq could face courts-martial for getting pregnant From Barbara Starr and Adam Levine, CNN Pregnancy punishment STORY HIGHLIGHTS New order makes getting pregnant, impregnating a fellow soldier an offense Rule meant to prevent losing soldiers when troop strength is stretched thin, general says Of the 22,000 people in the command, 1,682 are women
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18 hours ago ago from Washington Post - World
To supply troops in landlocked Afghanistan, the United States is relying on short-term relationships with dictatorial nations in Central Asia without factoring any long-term strategy for the region, according to testimony delivered last week to senators. The Department of Defense's primary goal in Central Asia is to support the war in Afghanistan, David S. Sedney, a deputy assistant secretary of defense, told the Senate Foreign Relations ...
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