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[From The Wilderness] Afghanistan: America and NATO's War Without End « From The Wilderness: Since the invasion of Afghanistan eight years ago, the United States has spent $223 billion on war-related funding for .process of overhauling the U.S. approach to Afghanistan, putting its focus on long-term security, economic sustainability and development.

[NWOTruth] Analysts Expect Long-Term, Costly U.S. Campaign in Afghanistan ...: The Obama administration is in the process of overhauling the U.S. approach to Afghanistan, putting its focus on long-term security, economic sustainability and development. That approach is also likely to require deployment of more American military personnel, at the very least to train additional Afghan security forces.

[Argue With Everyone Political Forums] Obamageddon -- The Celente thesis: war as the "solution" to ...: An American president is launching the most ambitious, the most expensive, and certainly the most dangerous military campaign since the Vietnam War – and the antiwar movement, such as it is, is missing in action. After a long and bloody campaign in Iraq and the election of a U.S. president pledged to get us out, our government is once again revving up its war machine and taking aim at yet another "terrorist"

[Below The Beltway] Below The Beltway » Blog Archive » Obama's Afghan Quagmire: As the Obama administration expands U.S. involvement in Afghanistan, military experts are warning that the United States is taking on security and political commitments that will last at least a decade and a cost that will probably eclipse that of the Iraq war.

[Civilianism News] War and Peace News « Civilianism News: Afghan war will exceed cost of Iraq - “As the US expands its involvement in Afghanistan, military experts are warning that it is taking on security and political commitments that will last at least a decade and a cost that is likely to .Nearly 100 people have been killed and scores wounded in Mosul and Baghdad since Friday in the worst outburst in violence since June 30, when Iraqis officially took the lead on national security and American troops largely withdrew to .

[God's Politics Blog] The latest news on Sotomayor's Swearing-In, Health Care, North ...: The latest news on Sotomayor's Swearing-In, Health Care, North American Summit, Attacks Against Homeless People, Climate Change, Congo, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Venezuela-Colombia, Somalia, and Select Op-eds. “As the Obama administration expands U.S. involvement in Afghanistan, military experts are warning that the United States is taking on security and political commitments that will last at least a decade and a cost that will probably eclipse that of the Iraq war.

[SWJ Blog] 10 August SWJ Roundup (SWJ Blog): Metz concludes that the United States has a long-standing, continuing problem “developing sound assumptions when the opponent operates within a different psychological and cultural framework.” He sees a pattern of misjudgments about Saddam and Iraq based on Western cultural and historical bias and a pervasive faith in the superiority of America’s worldview and institutions. This myopia contributed to America being caught off guard by Saddam’s invasion of Kuwait in 1990, then underestimating his longevity, and finally miscalculating the likelihood of a stable and democratic Iraq after he was toppled.

[Small Wars Council] 10 August SWJ Roundup - Small Wars Council: Metz concludes that the United States has a long-standing, continuing problem “developing sound assumptions when the opponent operates within a different psychological and cultural framework.” He sees a pattern of misjudgments about Saddam and Iraq based on Western cultural and historical bias and a pervasive faith in the superiority of America’s worldview and institutions. This myopia contributed to America being caught off guard by Saddam’s invasion of Kuwait in 1990, then underestimating his longevity, and finally miscalculating the likelihood of a stable and democratic Iraq after he was toppled.

[SWJ Blog] 9 August SWJ Roundup (SWJ Blog): Metz concludes that the United States has a long-standing, continuing problem “developing sound assumptions when the opponent operates within a different psychological and cultural framework.” He sees a pattern of misjudgments about Saddam and Iraq based on Western cultural and historical bias and a pervasive faith in the superiority of America’s worldview and institutions. This myopia contributed to America being caught off guard by Saddam’s invasion of Kuwait in 1990, then underestimating his longevity, and finally miscalculating the likelihood of a stable and democratic Iraq after he was toppled.

[The Thunder Run] The Thunder Run: From the Front: 08/10/2009: To honor his memory, Stokely's family has organized the Mike Stokely Foundation for the purpose of helping children and others who might not otherwise be able to afford it gain access to good books and the skills needed to read them for pleasure and learning.

[WE Blog] Open thread 8/10 | WE Blog | Wichita Eagle Blogs: As Matt Yglesias points out, the reason could be that Americans have among the highest funded climate change-denial movements in the world–Exxon, for example, still shells out millions of dollars a year to keep climate skepticism alive, well, and well-covered in the media. In other words, a handful of (coal, gas, and oil-funded) climate skeptics could be wielding an awesome amount of influence over the American publics’

[Pakistanpal's Blog] Analysts Expect Long-Term, Costly U.S. Campaign in Afghanistan ...: The Obama administration is in the process of overhauling the U.S. approach to Afghanistan, putting its focus on long-term security, economic sustainability and development. That approach is also likely to require deployment of more American military personnel, at the very least to train additional Afghan security forces.

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