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Afghanistan; Where are we now? | pacificmeda122
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Just another WordPress.com site. Afghanistan; Where are we now? Afghanistan; Where are we now? January 19, 2011. Why are we still there and what are the future plans for America in the Middle East? Wait just a minute. 2014? Isn’t that 4 years more than what was originally promised in Obama’s campaign platform of an 18 month exit strategy? What is it going to take for us to call it quits over there? Well, America doesn’t quit. We win! What is it going to take to declare victory in the Middle East? Enter y...
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The Future of Militias in Afghanistan | Just Wars
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Reflections on Violent Conflict, by David H. Young. The Future of Militias in Afghanistan. Below are my remarks (click to play audio) on the future of local defense forces and militias in Afghanistan at the American Security Project on 9 OCT 2012. I essentially argue that in two years, with few choices available, Kabul will deliberately instigate civil war in remote areas of the east and south to prevent open conflict in key population centers. Laquo; The Anatomy of an Anti-Taliban Uprising. The Future o...
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Divide and Conquer Negotiations with the Taliban | Just Wars
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Reflections on Violent Conflict, by David H. Young. Divide and Conquer Negotiations with the Taliban. My commentary published today on Foreign Policy’s AfPak Channel. With the Taliban close to opening a political office in Qatar for the purpose of negotiating an end to the U.S.-led war in Afghanistan, it is unsurprising that the Taliban’s primary rival insurgent network,. HIG), is now clamoring for a seat at the table. Was America’s favorite anti-Soviet. HIG organized an enormous 2009 siege. Karzai’...
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Afghanistan/Pakistan | Just Wars
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Reflections on Violent Conflict, by David H. Young. Taliban Splinter Groups Add To Election Fears In Afghanistan. Below Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty quotes me on the implications of Taliban splinter groups after the killing of a prominent Swedish journalist. Link available here. Taliban Splinter Groups Add to Election Fears in Afghanistan. The mainstream Taliban, meanwhile, denied any involvement in the killing as well as any affiliation with Feday-e Mahaz. Afghan officials consider the crime unso...
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The Zero Option’s Rationale | Just Wars
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Reflections on Violent Conflict, by David H. Young. The Zero Option’s Rationale. Below Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty quotes me on why it is tempting for the US to remove all troops from Afghanistan at the end of next year. Link available here. Why the U.S. Could Opt for the ‘Zero Option’ in Afghanistan. But as talks drag on, the “zero option” is beginning to look increasingly realistic. Support in the United States for the Afghan war, which is now in its 12th year and has left more than 2,150 U.S&#...
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CIA | 9/11 Families for a Safe & Strong America
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9/11 Families for a Safe and Strong America. Debra Burlingame: media@ 911familiesforamerica.org. Email: admin@ 911familiesforamerica.org. CIA saved lives; Senate’s partisan enhanced interrogations report endangers Americans. By Tim Sumner and Debra Burlingame. December 11, 2014. There was no mention by Senator Feinstein that CIA Directors under Presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama. Are all on the record stating enhanced interrogations worked. We are still at war; Americans are gettin...
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Osama bin Laden | 9/11 Families for a Safe & Strong America
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9/11 Families for a Safe and Strong America. Debra Burlingame: media@ 911familiesforamerica.org. Email: admin@ 911familiesforamerica.org. CIA saved lives; Senate’s partisan enhanced interrogations report endangers Americans. By Tim Sumner and Debra Burlingame. December 11, 2014. There was no mention by Senator Feinstein that CIA Directors under Presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama. Are all on the record stating enhanced interrogations worked. We are still at war; Americans are gettin...
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Information on the Courier that Led to the UBL Operation | 9/11 Families for a Safe & Strong America
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9/11 Families for a Safe and Strong America. Debra Burlingame: media@ 911familiesforamerica.org. Email: admin@ 911familiesforamerica.org. Information on the Courier that Led to the UBL Operation. Editors’ notes: Declassification strikeouts and footnote numbers have been removed. Redactions are indicated with brackets without attempting to represent their length. Visually, all redactions appear to range from a single word to less than a sentence in length.]. After undergoing enhanced techniques, Gul state...
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Barack Obama | 9/11 Families for a Safe & Strong America
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9/11 Families for a Safe and Strong America. Debra Burlingame: media@ 911familiesforamerica.org. Email: admin@ 911familiesforamerica.org. CIA saved lives; Senate’s partisan enhanced interrogations report endangers Americans. By Tim Sumner and Debra Burlingame. December 11, 2014. There was no mention by Senator Feinstein that CIA Directors under Presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama. Are all on the record stating enhanced interrogations worked. We are still at war; Americans are gettin...
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FDNY operating in the South Tower on 9/11 | 9/11 Families for a Safe & Strong America
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9/11 Families for a Safe and Strong America. Debra Burlingame: media@ 911familiesforamerica.org. Email: admin@ 911familiesforamerica.org. FDNY operating in the South Tower on 9/11. September 9, 2007. At 9:03 am, on 9/11, terrorists crashed United Airlines Flight 175 into the World Trade Center’s South Tower. Four minutes later, the FDNY’s Battalion 7 Chief, his aide, and five firefighters from Ladder 15 — led by my wife’s brother. Accounts from the South Tower. September 3, 2002.]. Judy Wein, survivor:.
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