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US military now focusing on Afghanistan: Mullen
FORT DRUM, New York (AFP) – The chairman of the US joint chiefs of staff said Monday the United States was still "not done" in Iraq but that the military's primary focus was now the war in Afghanistan. "You have turned it around in Iraq," Admiral Mike Mullen told several hundred soldiers at the Fort Drum US Army base in New York state. "A year or two ago we were not in a situation where it looked like we could succeed.Palin Afghanistan Answers - Not Quite Right (public)
Sarah Palin gets wrong both the commanding general in Afghanistan's name and position. The commanding general in Afghanistan didn't merely state that Surge tactics won't work! He also said that tribal involvement in the COIN strategy wouldn't work either!Mayor Karzai signs pro-rape bill in Afghanistan, scapegoats the Shi'a
Mayor Karzai signs pro-rape bill in Afghanistan, scapegoats the Shi'a Tuesday March 31, 2009 Categories: Hirabah Watch, Nation-Building In an explicit bid to appease hard-line Islamists, Afghanistan's "president" 1 Hamid Karzai has signed a bill into law that essentially legalizes rape of a woman by her husband: Critics claim the president helped rush the bill through parliament in a bid to appease Islamic fundamentalists ahead of elections in August. In a massive blow for women's rights, the new Shia Family Law negates the need for sexual consent between married couples, tacitly approves child marriage and restricts a woman's right to leave the home. ...Scratch Obama's Afghanistan Rhetoric (Change we can believe in?)
Wait a minute. Bush's whole problem was that he didn't keep enough troops in Afghanistan to literally scour the countryside for that evil bin laden because of Iraq, right? Or not.Soldiers coming home from Afghanistan
I know some of you have loved ones deployed so I thought I'd post a story I found online from the UK (it made me tear up a bit, which is strange because I'm always being told Republicans have no feelings). Definitely click through the link because the pictures are so sweet. I wish every once in awhile the US media would do a story like this to remind us the soldiers over there are real people.Jude Law Promotes Peace In Afghanistan
trying to make the world a better place. In honor of Peace Day - an annual day on Sept. 21 urging a global cease-fire and nonviolence, Jude Law and director Jeremy Gilley made a trip to Afghanistan to promote peace in the war-ravaged country.Many Women Stayed Away From the Polls in Afghanistan
Fear, Tradition, Apathy Reversed Hopeful Trend
By Pamela Constable Washington Post Foreign Service Monday, August 31, 2009
KABUL, Aug. 30 -- Five years ago, with the country at peace, traditional taboos easing and Western donors pushing for women to participate in democracy, millions of Afghan women eagerly registered and then voted for a presidential candidate. In a few districts, female turnout was even higher than male turnout.
Powell: Think Long & Hard on Afghanistan
In an interview with Roland Martin on the Tom Joyner Morning Show this morning, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Colin Powell revealed that he recently advised President Obama to take his time in devising his strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan. "This is a very difficult one for him," Powell said.Close air support in Afghanistan
http://shock.military.com/Shock/videos.do?displayContent=190433&ESRC=army.nlBaptist Leader: Obama ‘Very Dangerous,’ Causing ‘Severe Damage’
Baptist Leader: Obama ‘Very Dangerous,’ Causing ‘Severe Damage’ Saturday, November 21, 2009 2:24 PMBy: John Rossomando One of the leaders of the nation’s influential Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) tells Newsmax that President Obama is “very dangerous” in his economic policies and his foreign policy is causing “severe damage” to U.S. standing in the world. Dr.
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