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The American Spectator
by Tom Bethell

Why are we there? At first it was retaliation for 9/11. We should ‘get the people who attacked us,’ as Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said. It is the one reason that Americans understand and do accept. I was certainly in favor of the Afghanistan invasion of 2001, and perhaps that’s why Obama called it the necessary war. Striking at al Qaeda made sense in a way that invading Iraq never did. But that was a reason for going into Afghanistan, not a reason for still being there eight and a half years later... (for publication 04/10)

http://spectator.org/archives/2010/03/26/why-are-we-in-afghanistan


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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Obama In Afghanistan: '9/11', 'More Troops on the Way'
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/03/28-9

Obama's Flawed Premises in Afghanistan
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2010/03/29-0

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Obama in a Bomber Jacket

Norman Solomon, Truthout: "President Obama has taken a further plunge into the kind of war abyss that consumed predecessors named Johnson, Nixon and Bush. On Sunday, during his first presidential trip to Afghanistan, Obama stood before thousands of American troops to proclaim the sanctity of the war effort. He played the role deftly - a commander in chief, rallying the troops - while wearing a bomber jacket."

http://www.truthout.org/obama-a-bomber-jacket58110



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