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Guttenberg und die versuchte Taktik des geordneten Rückzugs

Der Verteidigungsminister will uns weismachen, dass die Bombardierung der Tanklaster zwar falsch, aber doch irgendwie auch richtig war und er auf jeden Fall weiterhin ohne Fehl ist.

http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/31/31651/1.html



Schlechte Nachrichten für Guttenberg und die Regierung

Veröffentlichte Teile des Nato-Berichts über die Bombardierung in Afghanistan machen die Verschleierungstaktik der Regierung deutlich.

http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/8/146684



Was macht das KSK in Afghanistan?

"Militärisch nicht angemessen" - Guttenbergs Neubewertung des Bombenabwurfes auf die Tanklaster bei Kundus führt zu immmer neuen Teilwahrheiten und neuen Fragen.

http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/8/146683



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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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4. Dezember 2009

Nach der Entscheidung des Bundestages, das ISAF-Mandat um weitere 12 Monate zu verlängern, erklärt Christine Buchholz, Mitglied des geschäftsführenden Parteivorstandes DIE LINKE:

Mit ihrer Entscheidung zur Weiterführung der deutschen Kriegsbeteiligung in Afghanistan hat sich die Regierungsmehrheit im Bundestag erneut in einer zentralen Frage gegen die große Mehrheit der deutschen Bevölkerung gestellt. Und wieder hat die Bundesregierung ihr Mantra vorgetragen, die Sicherheit erfordere den Aufbau Afghanistans, und der Aufbau erfordere Sicherheit - in Form der militärischen Absicherung durch die internationalen Streitkräfte. DIE LINKE weist dies zurück. NATO-Truppen machen Afghanistan nicht zu einem sichereren Ort. Sie tragen den Krieg in bisher ruhige Gebiete. Sie behindern den Aufbau, wie uns unabhängige Hilfsorganisationen bestätigen. Und sie töten unschuldige Menschen, wie kürzlich bei Kundus. Minister zu Guttenberg gibt nun endlich zu, dass das Massaker von Kundus "objektiv nicht angemessen" war, nimmt den Kommandeur aber in Schutz, weil seine Entscheidung "subjektiv angemessen" gewesen sei. Mit anderen Worten, die Bundeswehr macht Fehler, die subjektiv nicht zu vermeiden sind und weiterhin Zivilisten töten werden. Wir sagen daher: Die Kriegsbeteiligung ist objektiv nicht angemessen. DIE LINKE will ein Ende der Gewaltspirale. Der erste und unumgängliche Schritt ist der Abzug der Bundeswehr. Je eher das geschieht, desto einfacher wird es werden, danach mit echter Hilfe zu beginnen. Wir begrüßen dass es in der grünen Bundestagsfraktion erstmals mehr Nein- als Ja-Stimmen gab. Wir werden weiter für ein sofortiges Ende des Krieges in Afghanistan und gegen eine mögliche Aufstockung des Kontingents kämpfen.

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Obama et al. have apparently found the perfect model and game plan for winning in Afghanistan
http://www.lewrockwell.com/douglas/douglas29.1.html

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New president, same old scam
http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/743.html

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Bipartisan Group of Legislators Opposes Increasing Troops in Afghanistan

Mary Susan Littlepage, Truthout: "A bipartisan group of legislators wrote a letter to President Barack Obama to oppose his call to increase the number of US troops in Afghanistan. The group consists of Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Wisconsin), Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Massachusetts) and Rep. Walter Jones (R-North Carolina). Feingold, McGovern and Jones said they think that Congress should debate and vote on an increase in troops for the eight-year war in Afghanistan. The group also opposes the increase because the three men said they think it could undermine the United States' ability to address the global threat posed by al-Qaeda, and they expressed concern for the loss in lives and resources from the war, as well as a concern that the war creates many mental health troubles such as post-traumatic stress disorder and suicide among many soldiers."

http://www.truthout.org/1203099

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Afghan training mission faces tough obstacles

MSNBC

12/03/09

America’s eight-year effort to build a functional Afghan security force has been a study in slow motion, raising doubts about President Barack Obama’s new plan to quickly get the nation’s army and police in shape so U.S. forces can begin to leave in 18 months. A lack of competence, resources and confidence have hampered Afghanistan’s army and police, as have illiteracy and corruption. Those continuing obstacles provoked skepticism from Congress this week about whether the U.S. military can train the Afghans quickly and effectively enough to begin to replace American forces by Obama’s proposed exit start date of July 2011...

http://tinyurl.com/yd6prdd



Congress confused about Afghanistan plan

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

12/03/09

The Obama administration sent what many lawmakers saw as vague and sometimes confusing signals Wednesday about its intentions in Afghanistan, leaving members of Congress unsure how to proceed as they consider a plan to deploy 30,000 more American troops there. President Obama had said Tuesday night that U.S. troops would begin leaving Afghanistan in July 2011, but under grilling yesterday at the Senate Armed Services Committee, Defense Secretary Robert Gates suggested that date could change...

http://tinyurl.com/yhp8ds6



Obama’s war: The reaction

AntiWar.Com
by Justin Raimondo

12/04/09

I’m actually pretty surprised to see that many liberals and progressives are not climbing on board Obama’s war wagon — notably Rachel Maddow, who made a stinging criticism of the escalation by comparing the rhetoric of the Bush administration and that of the New Obama, concluding that the latter had adopted and even extended the essence of the ‘Bush Doctrine,’ the morally indefensible idea that we have to strike at targets that might possibly pose a threat to U.S. national security some time in the indefinite future. … Keith Olbermann was clearly embarrassed, like a father whose child has just crapped his pants in the middle of Walmart...

http://original.antiwar.com/justin/2009/12/03/obamas-war-the-reaction/



Civil war president

The American Conservative
by Sheldon Richman

12/03/09

Barack Obama’s intensification of the occupation of Afghanistan is nothing less than a full commitment to one side in the civil war raging there. What he calls a threat of a Taliban takeover is actually a Pashtun resistance to the U.S. occupation and the corrupt Karzai government it backs. Obama’s and Hillary Clinton’s spin cannot change those facts. Obama’s story isn’t even coherent...

http://www.amconmag.com/blog/2009/12/03/civil-war-president/



The fog of war

Slate
by John Dickerson

Since his inauguration, Barack Obama has tripled the number of troops fighting in Afghanistan. After announcing the latest surge of 30,000 new soldiers in a speech at West Point, it is clear that he is a president actively prosecuting a war, not merely tending to one that was left to him. The rest, though, is a bit blurry. According to his speech, Obama is escalating while retreating, adding more troops while also setting a date for their departure. Obama said he was putting pressure on the Afghan government, but he didn’t suggest how...

http://www.slate.com/id/2237100/



The Obama war plan: A recipe for disaster!

Root for America
by Wayne Allyn Root

12/03/09

I believe President Obama has made a grave decision that will result in a never-ending commitment to a war that America can neither afford, nor win. Unlike Iraq, Afghanistan is a country comprised of people without national identity, with only family and tribal loyalties. They have no interest or desire to build a democracy. America has no business in attempting to force them to do so, and I, for one, am unwilling to commit American lives and treasure to support a corrupt group of war lords. Let them fight their own battles. I would not risk the lives of my young sons on this tragic game plan. Would you? Would Obama? Would any of the gung-ho Republicans who have come out in support of Obama’s war expansion plans? I don’t think Karl Rove or Newt Gingrich would send their sons. I know that Mitt Romney has never sent any of his 5 sons. But they certainly have no problem sending your sons with enthusiasm...

http://www.rootforamerica.com/blog/index.php?entry=entry091203-154412



A postscript: Choices have consequences

The Power of Narrative
by Arthur Silber

12/03/09

Choices have consequences. When people choose to support a system such as ours today, endless destruction, murder, torture, barbarity and devastation are what they will get, necessarily and inevitably. Almost no one chooses ‘the only honorable course.’ Instead, most people avail themselves of transparent rationalizations, of mindless invocation of ‘lesser evils,’ and of the full panoply of denial and avoidance. But the suffering and the death go on...

http://tinyurl.com/y9jgj8q



We will be your insurgency

Freedom's Phoenix
by Mel Mason

12/03/09

So it’s come to this. Obama’s gotta wage his war, and I gotta sit in the street. It’s not that I like blocking traffic or getting arrested or dealing with the fall-out when I could be reading a book. It’s that I can’t live with endless war and I must end it or surely die. I’m not leaving this country. This is my mess, so help me, and I’ll scrub it till my fingers bleed. I will not compromise with genocide...

http://tinyurl.com/yaxc3sc


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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One Thousand U.S. Soldiers and $300 Million for Every One al Qaeda Fighter

By RICHARD ESPOSITO, MATTHEW COLE and BRIAN ROSS

President Barack Obama's description Tuesday of the al Qaeda "cancer" in that country left out one key fact: U.S. intelligence officials have concluded there are only about 100 al Qaeda fighters in the entire country.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24105.htm



"More occupation means less occupation"

Obama's Af-Pak is as Whack as Bush's Iraq

By Glen Ford

Barack Obama's oratorical skills have turned on him, revealing, as George Bush's low-grade delivery never could, the perfect incoherence of the current American imperial project in South Asia.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24107.htm



Is President Obama's Surge A Trap?

By Cynthia McKinney

U.S. policy is not only guided by pipeline politics. There is also the consideration of chessboard geo-positioning necessary to contain Russia, China, and ensure U.S. empire-for those inclined to traditional Cold Warrior "containment" thinking.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24112.htm



Petraeus: al-Qaida not operating in Afghanistan

VIDEO

The chief of the U.S. Central Command says al-Qaida no longer is operating in Afghanistan. But Gen. David Petraeus says affiliated organizations still have "enclaves and sanctuaries" in the country.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/10/petraeus-alqaida-not-oper_n_201310.html



Mullen: 2011 Afghan Withdrawal May Be "Very Few"

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen told CBS News on Thursday that, while President Obama's plan to begin withdrawing U.S. troops from Afghanistan in 2011 is clear, there has been no indication of how long that pullout may take after it's begun.

http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/12/03/world/worldwatch/entry5875488.shtml



Costs: By the numbers

Before President Obama reached the decision, announced Tuesday, to send additional troops to Afghanistan, he had requested $65 billion to fund operations in the country in fiscal 2010. Here is a breakdown of the money by the main spending categories...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/01/AR2009120104923_pf.html



This strategy has been tried before - without success

On this historic day - when Barack Obama plunges ever deeper into chaos - let us remember the British retreat from Kabul and its destruction in 1842.

http://snipurl.com/tjm6u


From Information Clearing House

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A Voice from RAWA: Zoya on Afghanistan
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2009/12/03-0

President Obama's Afghanistan Election Speech
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/12/03

The Afghan Quagmire
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/12/03-7

Congressman Dennis Kucinich: The War Is a Threat to Our National Security
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2009/12/03-13

Institute for Public Accuracy (IPA): Are Obama and Clinton Being Honest About How Afghan War Began?
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2009/12/03-24



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Friedensbewegung: Obama knickt ein. Stellungnahmen zur neuen Strategie des Weißen Hauses in Afghanistan - Aufruf an Bundestag: NEIN zur Verlängerung des Bundeswehreinsatzes

„Im Folgenden dokumentieren wir vier Stellungnahmen aus der Friedensbewegung zur Rede des US-Präsidenten Barack Obama, worin er die neue Afghanistan-Strategie erläuterte. Die US-Strategie ist auch gut zusammengefasst in einem Fact Sheet, das wir hier dokumentiert haben: Die zukünftige Strategie für Afghanistan und Pakistan.“ Dossier vom 3.12.09 beim Friedensratschlag http://www.uni-kassel.de/fb5/frieden/regionen/Afghanistan/baf-09-12.html

Siehe dazu auch:

Die Enttäuschten setzen Zeichen. Friedensbewegung in den USA kritisiert den Friedensobelpreisträger

Artikel von Max Böhnel im ND vom 03.12.2009 http://www.neues-deutschland.de/artikel/160442.die-enttaeuschten-setzen-zeichen.html


USA bittet um 2000 deutsche Soldaten mehr am Hindukusch

Nach Medienberichten soll die US-Führung Deutschland ausdrücklich um zusätzliche Soldaten gebeten haben. Ihr Einsatzgebiet wäre nicht mehr auf den Norden begrenzt. Artikel von Thomas Pany in telepolis vom 02.12.2009 http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/8/146669



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Obama Invokes 9/11 to Explain Afghanistan Troop Surge

Jason Leopold, Truthout: "After months of deliberations, President Barack Obama finally outlined his revised strategy for the Afghanistan War in a nationally televised address Tuesday night. The commander-in-chief repeatedly invoked 9/11, attempting to justify his plan to escalate the eight-year-old war, which calls for the rapid deployment of 30,000 additional US troops to the region by next summer."

http://www.truthout.org/1201098



Obama, Afghanistan and US National Security

Melvin A. Goodman, Truthout: "President Barack Obama announced last night that he will send 30,000 additional US soldiers and marines to Afghanistan over the next seven months and that additional resources will be used to train Afghan security forces and bolster the Afghan government. This is a seriously flawed policy. The troop deployment and the appropriations will have no impact on the insignificant al-Qaeda presence in Afghanistan; no significant success in controlling the growing Taliban presence; and will make only a limited contribution to nation-building in Afghanistan."

http://www.truthout.org/1202096

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Obama’s blurry vision for Afghanistan
http://groups.google.de/group/freepage-news/t/adc97509668f9995?hl=en

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What Is Obama Thinking?
http://www.lewrockwell.com/higgs/higgs138.html

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Now Obama’s got his own phony war

J. Neil Schulman @ Rational Review
by J. Neil Schulman

12/02/09

Obama sounded — in his speech at West Point tonight — almost like Ronald Reagan. President Obama said what the mission was — to tromp down on the Taliban and round up Al Qaeda — then promised the American people what true conservatives promise when sending American troops to war: when the mission is accomplished I’ll bring the troops home. Obama even gave a timetable for the mission and homecoming — troops back home by 2011 — as Reagan would have done. Which of course got President Obama all the attacks from the Neocons on Fox and CNN for promising precisely what Ronald Reagan would have. The problem is that the Afghanistan mission President Obama outlined makes no sense...

http://tinyurl.com/ygevych


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Obama Had Rejected His Own Speech's Surge Rationale
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2009/12/02-0

Afghans Unimpressed by Obama's Troops Surge
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2009/12/02-1

Between the Lines, an Expansion in Pakistan
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2009/12/02-8

US Anti-War Activists Step Up Protests
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2009/12/02-0

Obama: War President
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2009/12/02

Obama's War
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/12/02-1

Obama Has Spoken; Now, Let's Have a Debate
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/12/02-0

Here We Go Again
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/12/02-11

Obama with Blood on His Hands
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/12/02-12

Kucinich: Afghans Want to be Saved from Us, Not by Us
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2009/12/02-7

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Obama's "Empire"

By Real News

Obama says US is not an empire as he sends 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24104.htm



Why Obama's Surge in Afghanistan?

By Shamus Cooke

Obama is compelled to tell the really big lie because the truth is too damning. If he remotely approached the real motives behind the war, the public would be pushed into total defiance - Obama's new $660 billion military budget for 2010 would have caused mass demonstrations.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24101.htm



Some Simple Questions After Obama's Afghanistan War Speech

By David Sirota

Would you be OK sending yourself or a loved one over to face combat and potentially death for the mission Obama articulated in Afghanistan? If not, how could you support sending other people?

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24102.htm



Full text: Obama's Afghan policy speech at West Point

Following is the transcript of President Obama's speech Tuesday at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y.

http://snipurl.com/tj40r



Afghanistan war tax met with skepticism on Capitol Hill

Lawmakers from both parties reacted with skepticism Tuesday to the idea of a war surtax to pay for the Afghanistan troop surge, a sign that the White House may have to look elsewhere to fund the effort.

http://snipurl.com/tj412



Obama quietly authorises expansion of war in Pakistan

CIA has submitted its plan to widen its campaign in Pakistan to the White House and has asked for commitment to jack up the agency's budget for operations inside the country.

http://snipurl.com/tj41x


From Information Clearing House



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Dems wary of Afghan commitment; Obama needs GOP

Boston Globe

12/02/09

President Obama last night made the argument for 30,000 more US troops in Afghanistan with a heavy burden: He cannot count on his fellow Democrats for support. Key Democrats yesterday offered tepid endorsements or were openly skeptical of the president’s deployment decision. After Obama’s speech, Senate majority leader Harry Reid of Nevada praised Obama’s ’sound strategy,’ but pointedly noted that ‘our resources are not unlimited and our commitment is not open-ended.’ The Senate’s second-ranking Democrat, Dick Durbin of Illinois, offered no promise of support, and Democratic Senator Russ Feingold of Wisconsin threatened to try to block funding for the troop increase...

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Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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