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The Decision

William Rivers Pitt, Truthout: "The decision looming largest over president Obama at present does not concern health care reform or the economy. He has a call to make soon regarding our present and future role in Afghanistan. What to do about an eight-year war that has accomplished little? This is the largest, and worst, Hobson's Choice Obama has faced, for there are no bloodless and peril-free decisions in this one, no matter how many generals and advisers and pundits pitch in with their opinions."

http://www.truthout.org/1116094

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Biggest State Party to Obama: Get Out of Afghanistan

Norman Solomon, Truthout: "This week begins with a significant new straw in the political wind for President Obama to consider. The California Democratic Party has just sent him a formal and clear message: Stop making war in Afghanistan. Overwhelmingly approved on Sunday by the California Democratic Party's 300-member statewide executive board, the resolution is titled 'End the US Occupation and Air War in Afghanistan.'"

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/11/16-1



The Afghanistan Debate
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2009/11/16-1



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