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November 20th, 2009

U.S. vs. People with Sticks

"People hate the Americans from the bottom of their hearts." – Afghan villager Haji Akhtar Mohammed Shinwari

Stay in the Womb or Else; "Afghanistan today is without a doubt the most dangerous place to be born." – Daniel Toole, UNICEF

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November 20th, 2009

Fighting Escalation with Democracy

Newly Democratic Sen. Arlen Specter differentiates himself from 2010 primary opponent by advocating exit strategy in Afghanistan

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November 19th, 2009

'Political and Military Re-enactment'

"By misunderstanding the basic nature of the enemy, the United States is fighting the wrong war again, just as we did in Vietnam." – Military Review Journal

Basic Arithmetic; Army data shows McChrystal plan would leave few units in reserve in case of an unforeseen emergency

Two + Car Bomb = Zero; "I can confirm two U.S. service members were killed ..." – Lt. Nicol Melendez

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November 19th, 2009

Rerun

"... we have to get out of there." – Mikhail Gorbachev, June, 1986

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November 20th, 2009

'History Promises Disaster in Afghanistan for Blind America'

"In our day, such cynical, great-power maneuvering sounds absurd and, ultimately, pointless. These are fantastic tales of the distant colonial past ... America, we flatter ourselves, is mostly immune to this sort of nonsense." – John R. MacArthur, Harper's

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November 20th, 2009

Understandably Worried

"I would be remiss not to share with you my country's concerns about an issue ... to which we attach particular importance: the definition of the crime of aggression." – U.S. official Stephen Rapp to International Criminal Court

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November 19th, 2009

'The Afghan Speech Obama Should Give'

"... here's my President Obama – in, I hope, something like his voice – doing what no American president has yet done." – Tom Engelhardt

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November 19th, 2009

O Canada

Canadian diplomat reveals high-level Afghanistan torture cover up

Behind the Maple Leaf Wall; "Our detainee practices [were] unCanadian, counterproductive and probably illegal ... the likelihood is that all the Afghans we handed over were tortured." – Richard Colvin

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November 20th, 2009

Unmanned Blowback

"If the America resorts to strike Quetta with drones, it will not only provide a perfect playground for dissenting forces to join hands with the radicals but also create an environment leading towards destabilizing Pakistan." – I.A. Khanzada, News International, second-largest English-language newspaper in Pakistan

Mystery Nation Strikes Again; Drone kills eight in Waziristan while CIA chief speaks in Islamabad

Not Exactly on Same Page; Pakistan freed militant who now attacks NATO forces in Afghanistan from Pakistani soil

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November 20th, 2009

International Crime Syndicate

CIA bought horse riding academy in Lithuania to torture prisoners

FLASHBACK: Peas in a Historical Pod; "I also had the chance to spend an enjoyable and educational Sunday morning walking through your historic, old town district and visiting the KGB museum. The museum was a stark reminder of the importance of preserving our liberty at all costs ..." – Donald Rumsfeld, "Open Letter to People of Lithuania," November 8, 2005

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November 19th, 2009

Banks Still Own The Place

GOP senators kill effort to freeze credit card interest rates

Another Way to Bail Them Out; Half of Americans say their rate has been hiked in past year

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