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[From The Wilderness] Afghanistan: America and NATO's War Without End « From The Wilderness: likely to require deployment of more American military personnel, at the very least to train additional Afghan security forces. Later this month, Gen.

[Below The Beltway] Below The Beltway » Blog Archive » Obama's Afghan Quagmire: As the Obama administration expands U.S. involvement in Afghanistan, military experts are warning that the United States is taking on security and political commitments that will last at least a decade and a cost that will probably eclipse that of the Iraq war.

[Rollover USA-401K Rollover to IRA] Gen McChrystal wants more troops. Can Obama stay a decade in ...: In a briefing paper for President Barack Obama on the situation in Afghanistan, Gen Stanley McChrystal, the new US commander in Afghanistan, disagreed with those who say that no dialogue with the Taliban was possible. Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the new head of Nato, said in an interview that he would support dialogue with “moderate groups on the outer reaches of the Taliban”.

[AMZ - v2 | PopLife.Biz] Afghanistan expected to cost U.S. dearly | AMZ - v2 | PopLife.Biz: Military experts are warning that the United States is taking on commitments in Afghanistan that will last at least a decade and a cost that will probably eclipse that of the Iraq war. Email this Article · Add to Newsvine.

[Full Comment] Raphael Alexander: It's too late to "sell" the Afghanistan mission ...: Every time I hear about Afghanistan , Pakistan , and any other on going war I see the dirty hand of religion, they are the ones, the Imams, priests,and all the rest of the old men, long robes gang that keep these uprisings going. Dump the whole religious charade and you will see that really one's on earth have little to fight about, it is only this  divine BS that causes division within.

[European Tribune] European Tribune - Sunday Open Thread: The Obama administration is in the process of overhauling the U.S. approach to Afghanistan, putting its focus on long-term security, economic sustainability and development. That approach is also likely to require deployment of more American military personnel, at the very least to train additional Afghan security forces.

[Citizen Wells] Obama Nazi Democrat party, Michelle comment, Citizen Wells blog ...: “I regularly blog on several sites as many of you know…..this comment from Michelle at Citizen Wells website is what I am now seeing on a regular basis…..the DemoCRAPS have lost the support of America when the FRAUD has denied all Americans transparency like he promised…..let’s start with his documents…..why can’t we see where he has been???   NO ONE IS BUYING THE “DEATH CARE PLAN” EITHER!!!  Rise up people….let your voice be heard!   The kool aid is wearing off folks now that we Patriots are putting a dent in the propaganda that the Lame Stream Media has regularly brainwashed America with!”

[The Confluence] Your Breakfast Read, Sunday Edition « The Confluence: They worked for him because 8 years of Bush Cheney convinced this country that real and deep change had to happen and Obama was profoundly on the surface a poster child for such change even though underneath he was so clearly more of the same—the same elitist arrogance, the same tone deafness to how real people think and feel, the same my way or the highway, the same sick politics.

[hillaryvillagers blog] Analysts Expect Long-Term, Costly U.S. Campaign in Afghanistan ...: The Obama administration is in the process of overhauling the U.S. approach to Afghanistan, putting its focus on long-term security, economic sustainability and development. That approach is also likely to require deployment of more American military personnel, at the very least to train additional Afghan security forces.

[Simple Thoughts - Java and Web Blog] July shaping up as deadliest month of Afghan war for US-led forces: KABUL - The UN said Tuesday that Afghan civilian deaths rose by 40 percent last year, to 2,118, the highest toll in the country since the fall of Taliban regime in late 2001. Taliban insurgents were responsible for 55 percent, or 1,160, of the overall death toll while Afghan and international forces killed 828 civilians, or 39 percent, the UN said in its annual report.

[Small Wars Council] 9 August SWJ Roundup - Small Wars Council: Metz concludes that the United States has a long-standing, continuing problem “developing sound assumptions when the opponent operates within a different psychological and cultural framework.” He sees a pattern of misjudgments about Saddam and Iraq based on Western cultural and historical bias and a pervasive faith in the superiority of America’s worldview and institutions. This myopia contributed to America being caught off guard by Saddam’s invasion of Kuwait in 1990, then underestimating his longevity, and finally miscalculating the likelihood of a stable and democratic Iraq after he was toppled.

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