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[thehullabaloo.com] Obama's War, by Jared Sichel - thehullabaloo.com: The Afghanistan invasion”¦ was about the ”˜war on terrorists.’” Regardless of the Bush administration’s motivations for going into Iraq, it is undeniable that it became a magnet for terrorists, making Iraq the main front of the “War on Terror.” Al Qaeda, and more importantly, Iran and its proxies have suffered massive defeats in Iraq.

[The Total Collapse] Obama's speech on Afghanistan: A compendium of lies | The Total ...: In his December 1 speech at West Point announcing the deployment of 30,000 more US troops to Afghanistan, President Barack Obama attempted to justify a major escalation of a deeply unpopular war on the basis of lies and distortions. That he had to resort to such falsifications reflects both the reactionary character of his policy and the fact that it is being imposed in violation of the popular will.

[Dissident Voice] Dissident Voice : Examining Obama's Rationale for Escalating the ...: The latter part of this statement is simply the politics of fear and nothing more, akin to the statements from government officials prior to the invasion of Iraq that the “smoking gun” of Iraqi WMD and ties to al Qaeda “could come in the form of a mushroom cloud” - a claim those making it knew was absolute nonsense. This is not to say there aren’t terrorists plotting against the U.S. But they hardly need to be confined to the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, and it’s our policies, including the continuing war in Afghanistan, that serve as the catalyst for such extremism in the first place.

[SWJ Blog] This Week at War: What Will Obama's Afghanistan Look Like? (SWJ Blog): According to the press report cited above, Lynn discussed how issues such as cyber threats, anti-satellite technologies, and high-end hybrid threats will also be a focus of the study. In addition, Lynn described how the Defense Department plans to integrate its efforts with civilian aspects of national power found in the State Department and elsewhere.

[Pakistan News With Pakistan Ideology] Obama's speech on Afghanistan: A compendium of lies | Pakistan ...: In his December 1 speech at West Point announcing the deployment of 30,000 more US troops to Afghanistan, President Barack Obama attempted to justify a major escalation of a deeply unpopular war on the basis of lies and distortions. That he had to resort to such falsifications reflects both the reactionary character of his policy and the fact that it is being imposed in violation of the popular will.

[Liberty Maven» Liberty Maven: For Liberty, One Individual At A Time] Ron Paul on Iraq, Afghanistan: “You Paid Too Much.” :: Liberty Maven: He supported the invasion of Afghanistan for the expess purpose of detaining and bringing to justice Usama Bin Laden who was the self professed mastermind of 9/11, with vocal reservations. His actual position was to have the congress declare war, with a specified goal, (catching Usama and those responsible), and an exit strategy before the first boots hit the ground.

[Truthout - All Articles] t r u t h o u t | Strategy and Logistics in Afghanistan: Flawed ...: Since Gates' assumptions, according to White House sources, were influential in President Obama's decision to escalate the fighting in Afghanistan, it is important to examine Gates' thinking. But Gates was not asked to explain how a haven in Afghanistan for al Qaeda would increase the security threat to the United States or his inexplicable reference to Afghanistan as a wellspring of inspiration for extremist jihadism.

[At War] Views From Iraq on President Obama's Afghan Plan - At War Blog ...: But a member of Parliament from the Iraqi Accordance Front, Rashid al-Azzawi, questioned the prospects for the plan’s success. He said that more U.S. troops had failed to stem sectarianism in Iraq, and that it was even less likely that they would succeed in Afghanistan, a vastly tribal society with widespread poverty and challenging geography.

[Global News Blog Headlines] Iraq - Iraqi elections may be delayed (People's Daily) | Global ...: The Iraq War has yet to begin to go away, the Afghan War is being escalated in a major way, the Middle East is in some turmoil, Guantanamo remains open, black sites are still operating in Afghanistan, the Pentagon s budget has grown yet larger, and supplemental demands on Congress for yet more money to pay for George W. Bush s wars will, despite promises otherwise, soon enough be made, notes Tom …

[Liberally Conservative] Liberally Conservative » Blog Archive » Moonbat of the Week: Both are part of the same effort to capture and kill terrorists before they are able to strike America again, potentially with weapons of mass destruction. Terrorist cells are operating in some 60 countries, and the United States, in coordination with dozens of allies, is waging this war on many fronts.

[The Reality Check] The Reality Check » Blog Archive » The Invisible War: Sending more troops into Afghanistan may satisfy some on both sides of the political spectrum, but we must be skeptical as to whether we’re winning the war on terrorism or merely delaying the resumption of the status quo prior to our efforts to defeat terrorism. Until we get serious about taking out the entire hydra, not just one of the heads, we will continue a fatal folly, resulting in nothing but failure.

[Obama HQ] Organizing for America | Cloe Axelson's Blog: The Way Forward in ...: Over the last several years, the Taliban has maintained common cause with al Qaeda, as they both seek an overthrow of the Afghan government. Gradually, the Taliban has begun to control additional swaths of territory in Afghanistan, while engaging in increasingly brazen and devastating attacks of terrorism against the Pakistani people…

[ChattahBox News Blog] Obama: 'In Our Vital National Interest' to Send 30000 Troops to ...: “When I took office, we had just over 32,000 Americans serving in Afghanistan, compared to 160,000 in Iraq at the peak of the war. Commanders in Afghanistan repeatedly asked for support to deal with the reemergence of the Taliban, but these reinforcements did not arrive.

[At War] John Burns Q. and A. on Obama's Afghan Plan - At War Blog ...: But like General McChrystal, General Caldwell starts into his task with the advantage of having served in Iraq during the height of the war there, and of having experienced the dangers of illusionism. It may be no more than a footnote in the history of that war, but it was General Caldwell, as command spokesman in Baghdad for 13 months in 2006 and 2007 - (Americans may remember him, too, from his command of the 82nd Airborne Division when it was deployed to New Orleans during hurricane Katrina in 2005 to help evacuate residents trapped by the floods and clear a vast area of the city of debris) —

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