The three fallacies that have driven the war in Afghanistan

The Independent by Johann Hari | Oct. 21, 2009 (Opinion)

A bloody escalation in the war is more likely to fuel jihadism than thwart it. If Obama is serious about undermining this vile fanatical movement, it would be much wiser to take the hundreds of billions he is currently squandering on chasing after a hundred fighters in the Afghan mountains and redeploy it. Spend it instead on beefing up policing and intelligence, and on building a network of schools across Pakistan and other flash-points in the Muslim ... Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Chris Finnie - Oct 21, 2009 - 7:15 AM PDT
Reviewed by: Chris Finnie (review), Jason Slade (review), James Canning (review), Patricia Blochowiak (review), Randy Morrow (review), Mindy Phypers (review)
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Edited by: Chris Finnie - Oct 21, 2009 - 7:17 AM PDT
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Chris Finnie
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 by Chris Finnie - Oct. 21, 2009

A bleak, but convincing argument about our options in Afghanistan. Hari uses the words of U.S. generals to good effect to bolster his argument.

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Mindy Phypers
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 by Mindy Phypers - Oct. 22, 2009
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Randy Morrow
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 by Randy Morrow - Oct. 22, 2009
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Patricia Blochowiak
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 by Patricia Blochowiak - Oct. 21, 2009

". . . and they think they'll put an end to war this way."

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James Canning
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 by James Canning - Oct. 21, 2009

Excellent partial explanation for the reasons putting in more US troops will only increase chances of failure in Afghanistan.

Obama should be thinking about how best to allow India, Iran, China, Russia, and other countries in the vicinity of Afghanistan, work out a means of lowering the level of violence. US military presence in that country already is much too prominent.

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 by Jason Slade - Oct. 21, 2009
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