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US Politics & Gov't News tagged with Afghanistan war

RETHINK AFGHANISTAN
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: americans, troops, war, charts, Afghanistan war )

Dandelion
- 53 days ago - nationalpriorities.org
This has quick facts about the U.S. commitment to Afghanistan to date. Hope they are useful to you to you as you follow this issue. Be an informed citizen.
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PETITION - Get Us Out Of Afghanistan NOW!
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: Afghanistan WAR, DEATH, DESTRUCTION, abuse, terrorism, military, human rights abuse, freedoms, ethics )

David
- 71 days ago - peaceteam.net
Occupying Afghanistan Does Nothing But Make America LESS Safe. Didn't we already have a so-called troop "surge" in Afghanistan? Well it obviously didn't work. Not with a million troops, not in a million years! ACT NOW! Human life is in danger!
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US 'Needs Fresh Afghan Strategy'
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: Afghanistan War, Corruption, Clan Warriors, Human Rights Violations )

Ben
- 106 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
A top US general in Afghanistan has called for a revised military strategy, suggesting the current one is failing...
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US Admits Afghan Airstrike Errors
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: Afghanistan war )

Ben
- 178 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
Failure by US forces to follow their own rules was the "likely" cause of civilian deaths in Afghan airstrikes last month, a US military report says. US officials investigated seven strikes on Taliban targets in Farah province on 4 May, and concluded...
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Saving Obama
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: Afghanistan War, Foreign Policy Failure Afghanistan, Foreign Policy Failure Pakistan, Obama Administration, Obama Hope, Obama Middle East Policy, Peace, Propaganda, Taliban )

Just
- 256 days ago - opednews.com
I was numb to the lies and simplistic rhetoric of George W. Bush. But when Barack Obama tries to fill those incredibly small shoes, to rev up the same constituency of true believers (the constituency that didn't vote for him) and sell the same war --
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Welcome to Vietnam, Mr. President!
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: obama, Afghanistan war, Vietnam War )

Just
- 260 days ago - consortiumnews.com
"I was wrong. I had been saying that it would be naïve to take too seriously presidential candidate Barack Obama's rhetoric regarding the need to escalate the war in Afghanistan."
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Afghanistan, Another Untold Story
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: Afghanistan, Afghanistan war, usa, u.s., Obama, YES WE CAN!, cover-up, dishonesty, lies, military, propaganda, troops, war, terrorism, imperialism, US imperialism, oil, War on Terror )

Simon
- 266 days ago - michaelparenti.org
The war in Afghanistan is about gaining profitable control of one of the last vast untapped reserves of the earth's dwindling fossil fuel supply, & planting US military power into still another region of the world. Obama's talk of "change" rings false.
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