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Don't Escalate in Afghanistan
February 23, 2009 issue

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The author discusses U.S. President Barack Obama's options in the Afghanistan war which include sending in 30,000 more troops or creating a strategy to stabilize Afghanistan and strengthen Pakistan. The author states that we should seek stabilization and that fighting only causes Afghan people to resent us, and the Taliban's numbers to grow. The author claims that U.S. military action has forced Islamists into Pakistan.

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EDITORIALS; AFGHAN War, 2001-; TALIBAN; DEPLOYMENT (Strategy); OBAMA, Barack; NATION-building; AFGHANISTAN; PAKISTAN; UNITED States
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