Adding more U.S. troops to the Afghanistan mess is a bad idea

Seattle Times by Nicholas D. Kristof | Oct. 23, 2009 (Opinion)

We should not underestimate the strength of nationalism in Afghanistan and Pakistan, particularly among the 40 million Pashtuns who live on both sides of the border there. It's difficult to see why adding 40,000 more U.S. troops to the area will stabilize the situation. Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Dwight Rousu - Oct 22, 2009 - 6:41 PM PDT
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 by Dwight Rousu - Oct. 23, 2009

Kristof puts forward many of the right questions about the hawk gung ho escalation plans.

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 by James Canning - Oct. 24, 2009

Good advice for Obama, as to merits of not pouring more US troops into Afghanistan.

Adding gasoline to the fire is a good analogy used by Kristof. The Afghan president says putting in more US troops will not imrprove security. ... More »

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