The U.S. is making an ever-greater commitment to a war that is less and less popular, either here or in Afghanistan.
Editorial,
Socialist Worker, September 9, 2009
Tank crews in Afghanistan wait for the order to move out (Edward Stewart)
FACING THE possibility of military defeat, the generals call for a massive troop escalation to turn the tide on the battlefield–and a Democratic president heeds their demands, presiding over a dramatic increase in U.S. money and manpower devoted to the conflict.
That’s a summary of how the U.S. sank itself deeper into the Vietnam War in the 1960s–and now, how the Obama administration is committing itself to the U.S. war on Afghanistan.
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The U.S. is making an ever-greater commitment to a war that is less and less popular, either here or in Afghanistan.
Editorial,
Socialist Worker, September 9, 2009
Tank crews in Afghanistan wait for the order to move out (Edward Stewart)
FACING THE possibility of military defeat, the generals call for a massive troop escalation to turn the tide on the battlefield–and a Democratic president heeds their demands, presiding over a dramatic increase in U.S. money and manpower devoted to the conflict.
That’s a summary of how the U.S. sank itself deeper into the Vietnam War in the 1960s–and now, how the Obama administration is committing itself to the U.S. war on Afghanistan.
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Tags: Afghanistan, airstrikes, Barack Obama, civilian death toll, contractors, Gen. Stanley McChrystal, Karzai and warlords, troop escalation, U.S. military, UN commission, United States, war in Afghanistan
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