Afghan Mission Murky As Troop Deployment Looms

President Obama has announced he's sending 17,000 more troops to Afghanistan, but he hasn't yet announced what his overall strategy for the country will be. Obama says he wants to hear first from all his advisers and military commanders, but there are also the views of U.S. allies to consider. And that's a long list, making coordinating all the international efforts in Afghanistan a massive problem in itself. Full Story »

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Peter L. Combs
3.3
by Peter L. Combs - Feb. 23, 2009

A lukewarm update on the new troop deployment and viewpoints of a few of the many players in the mess that is Afghanistan. The article is too short to be meaningful and offers little else.

Afghanistan is a wreck, but world peace lays on the Afghan-Pakistani border and well into Pakistan. The US will have to re-gear as the Enemy has moved like a virus onto a new Host. A host who thinks it can make deals with the invaders.

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