The Agonist (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Alissa Rubin | Charikar, Afghanistan — | November 7 NY Times - As Americans, including President Obama’s top advisers, tensely debate whether to send more American troops to Afghanistan, Afghans themselves are having a similar discussion and voicing serious doubts. In bazaars and university corridors across the country, eight years of war have left people...
And, yes, I DO take it personally (Free subscription) | yesterday
Moises Saman for The New York Times At a bazaar in Charikar, north of Kabul, many Afghans said they felt vulnerable to the Taliban, unprotected by their own government or the American forces. yeah, no shit... In bazaars and university corridors across the country, eight years of war have left people exhausted and impatient. They are increasingly skeptical that the Taliban can be defeated. Nearly...
Sweetness & Light (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
From a disappointed New York Times: All Afghan War Options by Obama Aides Said to Call for More Troops By PETER BAKER and HELENE COOPER November 8, 2009 WASHINGTON — Advisers to President Obama are preparing three options for escalating the war effort in Afghanistan, all of them calling for more American troops, as he moves closer [...]
War News Updates (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
There are around 67,000 American troops in Afghanistan. Other nations, mainly Nato allies of the US, have some 42,000 troops in the country Photo: GEOFF PUGH From The Telegraph: More troops may not be the answer to Nato's Afghanistan problems, a key adviser to President Barack Obama has said. National security adviser James Jones warned that extra troops could just...
Hyscience (Free subscription) | yesterday
Incredibly, these are American Muslims (Islamists) praising the murder and wounding of American soldiers at Fort Hood by Nidal Hasan, and blame the war on terror - a war we didn't start but the Islamists did - in which American troops are fighting radical Islamists who specialize in killing men, women, and children. Meanwhile, our liberal-progressive Homeland Security Chief...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
As Americans, including President Obama's top advisers, tensely debate whether to send more American troops to Afghanistan, Afghans themselves are having a similar discussion and voicing serious doubts. More on Afghanistan
War in Context (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Prospect of more U.S. troops worries Afghan public By Alissa J Rubin, New York Times, November 6, 2009 As Americans, including President Obama’s top advisers, tensely debate whether to send more American troops to Afghanistan, Afghans themselves are having a similar discussion and voicing serious doubts. In bazaars and university corridors across...
War News Updates (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
“What have the Americans done in eight years'” asked Abdullah Wasay, a pharmacist in the town of Charikar who expressed impatience with the lingering war. Moises Saman for The New York Times From The New York Times: CHARIKAR, Afghanistan — As Americans, including President Obama’s top advisers, tensely debate whether to send more American troops...
Blue Jersey: Covering NJ like a rug (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Upon returning from a trip to Afghanistan, Congressman Adler voiced his support for sending more troops: A weekend visit to Afghanistan convinced Rep. John Adler, D-N.J., that he should support any forthcoming request for more troops from the Obama administration because there is a clear chance to "achieve definable success" for America's goals there, the congressman said Thursday....
Today With President Barack Obama (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
For me, this statement sums up the Afghan sentiment: “This government is Afghan, and the Taliban are Afghan; they should build the country together,” he said. I suppose that would be fine and dandy if the taliban weren't plotting against the U.S. Afghans are concerned about more troops. They prefer the U.S. to train Afghan forces to take over. They also wonder why U.S. planes can't...
ISRAEL TRUTH TIMES (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
... an issue, yet we virtually never question them. This can be a matter of life and death for other American troops on foreign battlefields. -- Converts to Islam are especially susceptible to Islamic radicalization, as in the case of Sgt. Hassan Akbar from Camp Pennsylvania in Kuwait who killed two Americans and was influenced by the MSU (Muslim Student Association), and also...
Eye On The World (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Two devout followers of the Religion of Peace™ indicted in a terror plot to kill two prominent U.S. politicians and carry out a holy war by attacking shoppers in U.S. malls and American troops in Iraq. ( Boston ) Two weeks after a Sudbury man was arrested in an alleged terrorist plot to kill Americans, federal authorities announced his indictment yesterday along with...
YIKES! (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
HOLIDAY CARD DRIVE FOR DEPLOYED TROOPS www.OperationLoveFromHome.org Please help us get the word out - deadline is Nov. 28, and we need many more cards to make our Heroes' Holidays Brighter! We can't do it without YOU - so please do what you can - blog, email, put together local card drives, etc... no matter how many or how few cards you send in, they ALL make a difference and bring a smile...
Mostly Politics (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Last week Thomas Friedman, the respected New York Times columnist and author of The Earth Is Flat, lent his voice in opposition to sending 40,000 more American troops to Afghanistan.
NO QUARTER (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Reprinted from Consortium.com with the express permission of Mel Goodman, whose bio is at the end of this article. Consortium Editor’s Note: Given the Bush administration’s imperial overreach and the massive U.S. budget deficits, a new realism would suggest that President Barack Obama get serious about pulling back American troops stationed around the world and pushing [...]...
