2.0 — Blog — The Obama Doctrine: The Best of Both Worlds?

Media Channel by Rory O'Connor | Dec. 2, 2009 (Opinion)

(Blog Post) The Afghan escalation speech was classic Obama. His enigmatic and epigrammatic split the baby in half Yoda/Spock-speak offered something for everyone: good-news-bad-news; back and forth; give and take; get in to get out; speed up to slow down; and in the end, let’s all come together and get along to end the war – by waging the war more intensely…but only for eighteen months, and then we all get to go home. Full Story »

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Subjects: World, U.S., Politics, Media
Topics: Afghanistan, Foreign Policy, Media and Politics
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Posted by: Posted by Rory O'Connor - Dec 2, 2009 - 11:04 AM PST
Reviewed by: Patricia L'Herrou (review), Cynthia Gilbert (review), Randy Morrow (review)
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Edited by: Cynthia Gilbert - Dec 2, 2009 - 6:23 PM PST
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Patricia L'Herrou
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 by Patricia L'Herrou - Dec. 2, 2009

the tone well portrayed in this piece is a personal sorrow, with passionate disappointment and disillusion -- with president obama, with the media and with the situation in afghanistan which is going to continue.

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Randy Morrow
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 by Randy Morrow - Dec. 3, 2009

A pointed commentary/review of Obama's Afghan strategy speech.

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Cynthia Gilbert
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 by Cynthia Gilbert - Dec. 2, 2009

I loved some of his use of language and certainly am concerned about the same issues, but it is just another comment in the same vein as most of the commentary from this perspective.

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