Information, articles and provocative columns chronicling U.S. involvement in the Afghanistan War under President Obama.
1. Connection Between Afghan War Surge, Sputtering Health Care Prospects?
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December 4, 2009 - Obama's Afghan War will cost at least $30 billion more yearly, in addition to $3.6 billion monthly now spent in Afghanistan. As acerbic Rep. David Obey (D-WI), a 40-year House member and chair of the powerful Appropriations Committee, astutely drolled in The Economist, "There ain't going to be money for nothing if we put it all into Afghanistan."
2. Obama's Afghan War "Plan" Leaves Many Unanswered Questions
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December 2, 2009 - President Obama's confusing, platitude-heavy, specifics-light speech Afghanistan War "plan," satisfied no one. And his wordy speech left listeners with many more questions than answers. Granted, President Obama is, at heart, concerned about protecting the U.S. from terrorism, and protecting the world from nuclear weapons now held by Pakistan. But little in President Obama's nervous, unconfident speech answers how he would accomplish these urgent goals. Basic questions left unsatsified by Obama include...
3. Obama Endangers Presidency, Lets Down Troops By Sending More To Afghanistan
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November 24, 2009 - Obama, who won the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination by billing himself as the anti-"dumb war" candidate, plans to up the ante with more troops, more spending, more casualties, more catastropic injuries... all for naught, as history has richly illustrated. Frankly, nothing could be much dumber than throwing untold tens of billions more down the black holes of Iraq and Afghanistan.
