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01 Nov 09

The Angry Arab News Service/وكالة أنباء العربي الغاضب: Obama is stuck in the folly of his policies

  • Obama is stuck. If he sends 20,000 more troops, conservative will say: he did not send enough troops. If he did not send additional troops, his critics will say that he is abandoning the mission and reversing course when he argued throughout his campaign that the war in Afghanistan is a war of necessity. Obama will not win, and he will be exposed as the a replica of Bush in foreign policy. In fact, if you look at it: Obama deviated very little from the path of Bush-Cheney in defense and national security.

Obama meets with top generals

  • The president appears committed to adding at least 10,000 to 15,000 troops to Afghanistan in an effort to bolster the training of Afghan Army and police officers in the country. Current plans call for the U.S. to double the size of the Army and police to about 400,000 in the hope that they can take over security responsibilities from the U.S.
  • In contrast to Iraq, where there was significant dissension on whether or not to deploy an additional 30,000 troops in 2007, the top brass have been mostly united in the support of McChrystal's call for more troops in Afghanistan.
25 Oct 09

Soldier breaks ranks to lead thousands against Afghan war|24Oct09|Socialist Worker

  • Members of Military Families Against the War led the march. Serving British soldier Joe Glenton broke Queen’s orders by marching and ran the risk of being arrested by doing so but he was not deterred.
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