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30000 Strong

December 1, 2009 – 5:33 pm

President Obama has finally announced his end-game strategy for Afghanistan. 30,000 more troops by winter and pack our bags by mid-2011. No matter what. The ‘surge’ is 10,000 less than demanded by the Pentagon to avoid failure on the ground. In the air over that country we are ever victorious as would be our navy, […]

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Afghan Quagmire

July 2, 2009 – 10:13 pm

I voted for Barack Obama to end the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. US Troops have pulled out the Iraq cities and the president has vowed to end the occupation within the year, much to the chagrin of the Pentagon, who want this war to continue into the next century. More worrying in the recent […]

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