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wrong again dude.

The policy in Afghanistan has not changed. Obama is a new face on a old policy.

Counter Punch
More of the Same, Packaged as Change
Barack Obama and Afghanistan
By MARC HEROLD August 6, 2008

New? Change? President George W. Bush and candidate McCain have long signed on to exactly these policies. Certainly both would also see Afghanistan primarily through the lens of “making America safer.” George Bush Sr. did just that during 1988-1990 when America was presumed safer once the Soviets were out of Afghanistan. Then, he cut and ran.

January 28, 2010
The Latest March of Folly
Obama Put Politics First on Afghanistan
By RAY McGOVERN

Nothing highlights President Obama’s abject surrender to Gen. David Petraeus on the “way forward” in Afghanistan than two cables U.S. Ambassador Karl Eikenberry sent to Washington on Nov. 6 and 9, 2009, the texts of which were released Tuesday by the New York Times.

Ambassador Eikenberry, a retired Army Lt. General who served three years in Afghanistan over the course of two separate tours of duty, was responsible during 2002-2003 for rebuilding Afghan security forces. He then served 18 months (2005-2007) as commander of all U.S. forces stationed in Afghanistan.

Ray McGovern was an Army officer and CIA analyst for almost 30 year. He now serves on the Steering Group of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity.


The last time the United States Congress ( civilians ) actually declared a war was in WW2 -Dec 7, 1941'. Since then the national security state has become permanently ascendant. The United States has engaged in numerous wars and interventions , unilaterally without any consideration or a hic up over Article I, Section 8, Clause 11 of the United States Constitution, sometimes referred to as the War Powers Clause, which - vests in the Congress the 'exclusive power to declare war'.


- source for Obama policy in Afghanistan?
- source for foriegn policy different from that of a 'national security state' ?