Afghanistan: want the good news or the bad?The headway being made by General David Petraeus in Afghanistan may be overshadowed this week by news that the US strategy of providing essential services to the Afghan people is backfiring.
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Petraeus to replace McChrystal, but policy remains bung
Obama’s decision to replace Gen Stanley McChrystal with Gen David Petraeus to lead the war in Afghanistan may be a clever political move, but the war remains a corrosive policy that should be ditched, according to Politics in Color.
‘Bringing some of our troops home’ … Bush begins US exit
In the life of all free nations, there come moments that decide the direction of a country and reveal the character of its people. We are now at such a moment … President Bush addresses the nation on Iraq.
General Petraeus tells it like it is?
General David Petraeus’ ‘landmark’ Iraq surge testimony, expected to hail a ‘turning point’ in war policy, was mundane and limited according to the sceptical bulk of the world media today.
