Britain 'to stage Afghanistan surge'
FOREIGN Secretary David Miliband has given the strongest indication yet that Britain's military presence in Afghanistan will significantly increase.
http://www.scotsman.com/latestnews/Britain-39to-stage-Afghanistan-surge39.5833058.jp
From Information Clearing House
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The bogus success of the surge
CounterPunch
by Ray McGovern
11/18/09
Last week, Defense Secretary Robert Gates summed up the administration’s dilemma on Afghanistan in a single question: ‘How do we signal resolve and at the same time signal to the Afghans and the American people that this is not open-ended?’ It is the same question that policymakers and generals were grappling with three years ago with respect to Iraq. Let’s hope they learned the right lessons from that experience, but it’s doubtful since the Fawning Corporate Media (FCM) has been no help in shedding light on what actually happened...
http://counterpunch.org/mcgovern11182009.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=David+Miliband
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Robert+Gates
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Afghanistan
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Ray+McGovern
http://www.scotsman.com/latestnews/Britain-39to-stage-Afghanistan-surge39.5833058.jp
From Information Clearing House
--------
The bogus success of the surge
CounterPunch
by Ray McGovern
11/18/09
Last week, Defense Secretary Robert Gates summed up the administration’s dilemma on Afghanistan in a single question: ‘How do we signal resolve and at the same time signal to the Afghans and the American people that this is not open-ended?’ It is the same question that policymakers and generals were grappling with three years ago with respect to Iraq. Let’s hope they learned the right lessons from that experience, but it’s doubtful since the Fawning Corporate Media (FCM) has been no help in shedding light on what actually happened...
http://counterpunch.org/mcgovern11182009.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=David+Miliband
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Robert+Gates
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Afghanistan
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Ray+McGovern
rudkla - 19. Nov, 08:50
