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Increasingly perilous

US President Obama has announced a new strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan - saying Afghanistan is "increasingly perilous" Ref. BBC

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I can understand this as it seems we are hearing more and more of the unrest in Afghanistan and northern parts of Pakistan. I hope that if he increases the US presence there that this unrest is put down soon.

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Isn't it fascinating that the conflict in Iraq gets headline news, while sending more troops into Afghanistan gets hardly a blip? War is war, troops are troops. Why is everyone so much less emotionally involved with Afghanistan?

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I believe the press is not saying much about the conflicts in Afghanistan due to it being more of a righteous war. IF you can call any war righteous. I believe that getting the Taliban out of power was the right thing to do. I think the press had more of a hay day when we invaded Iraq with no real clear reason of why we were taking Iraqs Dictator out of power.

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Why Afghanistan Is the Wrong War :

George W. Bush led the United States into war in Iraq on the grounds that Saddam Hussein might give his country's nonexistent weapons of mass destruction to terrorists. Now, Bush's successor is perpetuating the war in Afghanistan with comparably dubious arguments about the danger posed by the Taliban and al Qaeda. Ref. Source 8

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After US Strikes, Afghans Describe
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As rage spreads in Afghanistan after US bombing that killed up to 130 people, unnamed Pentagon officials are spinning another cover-up. Defiant Obama moves ahead with troop increase. Ref. Source 8

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Conservative Historian Andrew Bacevich Warns Against Obama's Escalation of War in Afghanistan and Intensifying Use of Air Power in Region

Less than a week after US air strikes killed over a hundred Afghan civilians, President Obama's top security adviser, General James Jones, said Sunday that the US will continue its strikes in Afghanistan, despite sharp criticism about rising civilian casualties from Afghan President Hamid Karzai. We speak to Boston University professor and retired military colonel Andrew Bacevich about why Obama's plans in Afghanistan and Pakistan are counterproductive. Ref. Source 5

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Now this is an interesting take on the current bombing situation there. I wonder if they are accusing the former General of being a Republican.