02-06-2009, 11:04 AM
Obama policy
- responsible withdrawal from Iraq within sixteen months
- keep troops only to fight remnants of alQaeda in Iraq, no permanent bases
- close Guantanamo
- stop torture with no exception, brutality increases terrorism
- <b>speak to an Islamic forum within 100 days of presidency</b>
- increase troops in Afghanistan,<b> increase aid to Afghanistan and Pakistan</b>
- aid increase in proportion to performance
- finish the fight with alQaeda and Taliban
- <b>attack high value target such as osama bin laden in Pakistan if Pakistan unable or unwilling to</b>
http://www.newsweek.com/id/182650
<b>Obamaâs Vietnam</b>
The analogy isn't exact. But the war in Afghanistan is starting to look disturbingly familiar.
John Barry and Evan Thomas
NEWSWEEK
From the magazine issue dated Feb 9, 2009
- responsible withdrawal from Iraq within sixteen months
- keep troops only to fight remnants of alQaeda in Iraq, no permanent bases
- close Guantanamo
- stop torture with no exception, brutality increases terrorism
- <b>speak to an Islamic forum within 100 days of presidency</b>
- increase troops in Afghanistan,<b> increase aid to Afghanistan and Pakistan</b>
- aid increase in proportion to performance
- finish the fight with alQaeda and Taliban
- <b>attack high value target such as osama bin laden in Pakistan if Pakistan unable or unwilling to</b>
http://www.newsweek.com/id/182650
<b>Obamaâs Vietnam</b>
The analogy isn't exact. But the war in Afghanistan is starting to look disturbingly familiar.
John Barry and Evan Thomas
NEWSWEEK
From the magazine issue dated Feb 9, 2009