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Posted By azies 7 months, 2 weeks ago in NewsConfronting an inherited and faltering war, President Barack Obama plans to dispatch thousands more military and civilian trainers to Afghanistan by the fall on top of the 17,000 combat troops he has already ordered, senior administration officials said Thursday
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gamahuche7 months, 2 weeks ago
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Well maybe..
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There's another completely opposite take on this here, from Europe:
http://www.propeller.com/story/2009/03/26/we-must-...
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The successive delays in the announcement of President Obama's much vaunted statement of US policy towards the Afghan venture has been treated as yet another example of the fumbling that has become something of a feature of the new administration, in foreign policy as much as home economics. It shouldn't be. Obama's reconsideration of his approach to Afghanistan, together with his policy towards Pakistan, is one of the best things that has happened since he gained office.
Obama came in committed to ramping up the US military effort there as the counterbalance to his determination to get the US troops out of Iraq. Afghanistan was the one area of policy where the new President was prepared to follow his predecessor. How far Obama genuinely believed this vision of a battle-to-the-death may be doubted. Since then he's steadily retreated from that stance on taking office and listening to the advice of his new Special Envoy to the region, Richard Holbrooke, as well as the urgings of the generals and the hesitations of the State Department.
The turn-around in the White House approach has been truly astonishing. Where once the talk had been all about a General Petraeus-dictated surge that would see expanded US forces seize the strategic high ground, now all the talk is of the need to rebalance programmes from the military to civil assistance. In place of the accusations of sloth and even cowardice among America's allies, now the talk is less of demanding more troops from Europe than more help with policing, transport and energy.
Instead of talking of the battle in Afghanistan, Holbrooke has returned from his first trip announcing that the US now recognised that the situation in that country could not be divorced from the deteriorating conditions in next door Pakistan. Where initially the Taliban had been rolled up with al-Qa'ida in a ball called the "enemy", in the last few weeks there has been open discussion of negotiating with so-called "moderate" Taliban.
Most astonishing of all, President Obama, having declared "no, the US is not winning the war", has even been brave enough to speak out the dreaded "e" word, saying that the US had to consider an exit strategy among its objectives.
What accounts for this change of tack by the US administration – and has certainly caused Richard Holbrooke to tell some harsh truths in the Oval office after his recent visit – is the gradual dawning of the realisation in the White House that Afghanistan is a real mess and quite possibly one that has no solution as far as the West is concerned. -
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TheNewsseeker7 months, 2 weeks ago
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What makes me extremely sad, is the destroyed infrastructure and all the suffering among the civilists in Afghanistan. How long will it take to achieve a kind of "normality" again some day?
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I don´t think that more troops are the right strategy. Only if the terrorist don´t find any further support anywhere, there will be a chance for peace. But this is more a psychological than a military charge ... -
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tadair9197 months, 2 weeks ago
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if we can justify leaving iraq, how do we justify continuing the war in afghanistan?
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afghanistan has people. iraq has people.
both have nothing to do with 9/11
both are destabilized by our presence.
both don't want us there.
what real difference does afghanistan carry that makes it worth killing more of their people at the cost of the lives of our troops? we originally invaded under the pretense that afghanistan refused to hand over bin laden. gee, imagine that.
people everywhere (rightfully) cried foul over bush's war of terror, but now accept obama's continuation. even going as far as to invade another country. actions speak louder than words. -
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coolslow7 months, 2 weeks ago
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Its only a matter of time until we hear that ramping up the war in Afghanistan will be good for the economy. Everything else is explained that way.
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By the way, Keeping Iraq at the same level and increasing spending in Afghanistan, along with the stimulus, new budget, health care, etc. tax cut on 95% of the people, etc. etc. etc. will help cut the deficit in half. -
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Gh0s77 months, 2 weeks ago
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Considering that the United States is pretty much against the wall in this Afghanistan situation, I believe that it is a good move to move more troops into the country. I believe that we have seen that change is somewhat possible through changes that we have watched in Iraq. Anyway, I think that if the US pulls out, Afghanistan and possibly the rest of the Middle East will crumble, so the US has to push harder with larger numbers.
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