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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


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