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Wednesday, July 23, 2008 12:00 AM

Obama is saying the wrong things about Afghanistan

He hit the right notes during his swing through Iraq, but his plans for that other war could mean trouble.
By Juan Cole

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  • Tuesday, July 22, 2008 08:28 PM

    I think adding troops and "emphasis" on Afghanistan could be the equivalent of kicking a hornets nest ...

    Afghanistan has been allowed to be something of "sleepy backwater" (interspersed with tragedies) while NATO has been "nation building"

    We could easily be handing Al-Qaeda just what their waning "movement" needs to reclaim "relevance" ... If we put "finding Bin Laden" ahead of "nation building," the Taliban and the Afghan people become just incidental, collateral damage.... oh, and then there is the sovereign nation of Pakistan which is touchy about that sovereignty ... and their neighbor Iran ...

    Gosh, won't that be a barnburner!?!

    Stupid is as stupid does.

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