- Afghanistan war: Just what was the point? http://edition.cnn.com/2016/02/25/asia/afghanistan-war-analysis/index.html 6 comments worldnews
- U.S. signs peace deal with Taliban, a turning point in the 18-year war in Afghanistan https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/afghanistan-us-taliban-peace-deal-signing/2020/02/29/b952fb04-5a67-11ea-8efd-0f904bdd8057_story.html 48 comments worldnews
- China PM rebukes Cameron for finger pointing and Libya bombing: "Foreign troops may be able to win war in a place, but they can hardly win peace. Hard lessons have been learned from what has happened in the Middle East and Afghanistan." http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jun/27/china-cameron-human-rights-abuses 13 comments worldnews
- Gotta love Vice. Here's an awesome documentary about the war in Afghanistan. A different view point than what we usually get from mainstream media http://www.vice.com/vice-news/this-is-what-winning-looks-like-part-1 4 comments politics
- "As a point of comparison, even if the government spent the entire $292 million on developing its health care web site, the cost would barely cover a single day of funding for the war in Afghanistan" http://www.opposingviews.com/i/politics/obama-presidency/obamacare-web-site-cost-less-half-widely-reported-600-million-figure 78 comments politics
- Check out Joe Biden's words on Cheney, and compare them to Obama's "don't look back" rhetoric. Biden is against escalation in Afghanistan, but tomorrow Obama goes to West Point to escalate the war. I know which one is my "soul brother". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1vlpb8ex_g 3 comments politics
- Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates bluntly told an audience of West Point cadets on Friday that it would be unwise for the United States to ever fight another war like Iraq or Afghanistan http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/26/world/26gates.html?_r=1&src=tptw 13 comments politics
- Obama's War: No Political Strategy, No Benchmarks, No End Point - As the veteran newswoman Helen Thomas plaintively demanded this week of the top Afghan commander, Gen. Stanley McChrystal, at a White House press briefing: "Why are we in Afghanistan?'' http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/05/12/obamas-afghanistan-no-political-strategy-no-end-point-no-ben/ 5 comments politics
- The deaths of seven Central Intelligence Agency operatives at a remote base in the mountains of Afghanistan are a pointed example of the civilian spy agency’s transformation in recent years into a paramilitary organization at the vanguard of America’s far-flung wars. - NYTimes.com http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/01/world/asia/01khost.html?em 11 comments politics
- Obama at this point, by covering up for official torture, and by signing on to and expanding the war in Afghanistan, is dooming his presidency, further staining the reputation of the United States, and ultimately furthering the decline of the country that was set in motion by his predecessors. http://www.populistamerica.com/sounding_increasingly_and_disturbingly_like_bush 3 comments politics