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Gen James Jones told me that "in no manner, shape or form" would the US withdraw from Afghanistan in 2011. In his speech on Tuesday, President Obama for the first time put a date on the beginning of the end of the United States presence in Afghanistan.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/markmardell/2009/12/no_afghanistan_withdrawal_in_2.html



Obama's speech on Afghanistan: A compendium of lies

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.

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/dec2009/pers-d03.shtml



Travelling by road in Afghanistan 'now more dangerous than under Taliban'

Britain's most senior commander in Helmand has admitted.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/defence/6718217/Travelling-by-road-in-Afghanistan-now-more-dangerous-than-under-Taliban.html


From Information Clearing House

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Strategy and Logistics in Afghanistan: Flawed Thinking

Melvin A. Goodman, Truthout: "Logistics will be the key to introducing 30,000 soldiers and Marines into Afghanistan in the next six to seven months and to confronting the Taliban over the next 18 months. This reflects an old saying in the military - amateurs study strategy and professionals study logistics."

http://www.truthout.org/1204092



The Afghan Ambush

Michael Winship, Truthout: "The decision has been made. The months of meetings and briefings are over. Tuesday night, the president made it official: 30,000 more American troops to Afghanistan. Along with Friday's announcement of an additional 7,000 from our NATO allies, after all those weeks of debate and consultation, the result's pretty much exactly what our commander over there, Gen. Stanley McChrystal, asked for in the first place."

http://www.truthout.org/1205094

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Do Obama Officials Know What his Afghanistan Plan Is?
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2009/12/04-11

Liberal Democrats Take Aim at Funding for War
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2009/12/04-5

Chomsky Speaks on US Imperialism
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2009/12/04-9

We Need a Clean Vote Now on Afghanistan Escalation
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/12/04



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