Changes Have Obama Rethinking War Strategy

Washington Post by Rajiv Chandrasekaran, Karen DeYoung | Sep. 20, 2009 (News Analysis)

From his headquarters in Kabul, Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal sees one clear path to achieve President Obama’s core goal of preventing al-Qaeda from reestablishing havens in Afghanistan: ’Success,’ he writes in his assessment, ’demands a comprehensive counterinsurgency campaign.’ Full Story »

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 by Naomi Isler - Sep. 21, 2009

It tries to summarize the inputs to Obama's decision making process on Afghanistan - and makes an assumption about the aims of the war. It ignores the idea that Afghanistan has never really had a strong central government.

And apparently the international community is stuck with a government that steals everything so blatantly that it doesn't realize you aren't supposed to get caught stealing an election!

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