Obama's War - Fearing Another Quagmire in Afghanistan

New York Times by Helene Cooper | Jan. 25, 2009 (Opinion)

Can President Obama succeed in that long-lamented “graveyard of empires” — a place that has crushed foreign occupiers for more than 2,000 years?

Ever since the Bush administration diverted its attention — and resources — to the war in Iraq from the war in Afghanistan, military planners and foreign policy experts have bemoaned the dearth of troops to keep that country from sliding back into Taliban control. And in that time, the ... Full Story »

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Subjects: World, U.S., Politics
Topics: Afghanistan, Foreign Policy, Obama Administration
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Posted by: Posted by Leo Romero - Jan 24, 2009 - 10:28 PM PST
Reviewed by: Leo Romero (review), Randy Morrow (review), James Canning (review), Patricia Blochowiak (review), Kenneth Sibbett (review)
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Edited by: Leo Romero - Jan 24, 2009 - 10:28 PM PST
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Patricia Blochowiak
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 by Patricia Blochowiak - Jan. 25, 2009

While I agree with everything that's said, I don't think that this story convinced me of anything.

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Randy Morrow
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 by Randy Morrow - Jan. 25, 2009
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Leo Romero
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 by Leo Romero - Jan. 24, 2009
Leo posted this story.
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James Canning
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 by James Canning - Jan. 25, 2009

Very fine assessment of the current situation in Afghanistan, raising serious doubts about the merits of large-scale further commitments of US forces to the war.

I think Obama should pay attention to Andrew Bacevich and Zbigniew Brzezinski; throwing tens of thousands more troops into the effort likely will be counter-productive and cost scores of billions of dollars.

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Kenneth Sibbett
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 by Kenneth Sibbett - Jan. 26, 2009

This my friends is another Vietnam. While we won every battle in Vietnam, we lost the war. The Afgans., have been at this for hundreds of years. They ,like the Cong, are in no hurry. They can sit on their heels, watch and wait for mistakes by U.S. and coalition soldier's. Karzai is a joke. The money he spend on those ulgy ass hats could feed a family of five.

If Bush had not took his eye off the prize,maybe, just maybe, we could have gotten the confidence of the people. But instead of supplying electricity and running water, we went to Iraq. Good move W.

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