Taliban warns Obama of Afghan bloodshed - 1 Feb 09

[Turborama]

Run time: 02:30 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_hWi3JLIdY   Posted on YouTube: February 01, 2009 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: February 01, 2009 By DU Member: Turborama Views on DU: 528

 
Sending in 30,000 troops isn't the best way to win the hearts and minds of the Afghan people, is it?

Graveyard of analogies
Are the Americans destined to meet the same fate in Afghanistan as the Russians? Ahmed Rashid argues that it is not too late for Washington to make good on its promises.
http://www.thenational.ae/article/20090130/REVIEW/458735663/0/NEWS

(Edit to add this very insightful story)

[balantz]

1. K&R n/t

[burning rain]

2. I hope he doesn't put a lot more into Afghanistan.

The best we can reasonably hope for is to keep violence and
terrorist operations and training there at
"acceptable" levels.  It's not going to be a liberal
democracy, whatever we do.