Afghanistan

I Obot?

by Karoli on June 24, 2011 · 52 comments

It’s time to address this once and for all. Here are a couple of things about me that you can count on. First, when I criticize the President, I endeavor to do so in a constructive way. Second, I will give this administration the benefit of the doubt. Third, there is never going to be [...]

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And so, it will still be Afghanistan

by Karoli on July 27, 2010 · 19 comments

My ambivalence on Afghanistan has not diminished. On an almost-daily basis I feel self-contradictory and utterly torn. I never wanted to send troops to Afghanistan. A timeworn memory in this house is me, stomping around the house shaking my fist, ranting about it. It wasn’t at all helpful to the dialogue, but then-President Bush wasn’t [...]

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Thoughts on Afghanistan, redux

by Karoli on December 1, 2009 · 16 comments

The minefield for President Obama isn’t laid in Afghanistan, nor are his enemies laying in wait for him on the right. They’re on the left, the right, in front, and behind him. As I wrote before, there are no easy or formulaic answers to the question of how to approach Afghanistan. This is why I [...]

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