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In Reversal, Obama Says U.S. Soldiers Will Stay in Afghanistan to 2017
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The Afghanistan Army and the Taliban in 2015- efforts to bring in militias to hold off the Taliban in the north
05/24/2015
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Afghans Form Militias and Call on Warlords to Battle Taliban
New York Times 05/24/2015
Afghan Crisis Grows as Push to Retake Kunduz From Taliban Fails
New York Times 09/29/2015
In Reversal, Obama Says U.S. Soldiers Will Stay in Afghanistan to 2017
New York Times 10/15/2015
Taliban’s New Leader, More Scholar Than Fighter, Is Slow to Impose Himself
The New York Times 07/11/2016
New Taliban Leader Moves to Repair Old Fractures
WSJ 08/04/2016
Obama leaves behind a mess in Afghanistan | Asia | DW.COM | 19.01.2017
DW.COM 01/19/2017
The sense of a forgotten American soldier in 2015 as missions in Afghanistan and Iraq wind down
12/31/2014
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Mission Ends in Afghanistan, but Sacrifices Are Not Over for U.S. Soldiers
New York Times 12/31/2014
In Reversal, Obama Says U.S. Soldiers Will Stay in Afghanistan to 2017
New York Times 10/15/2015
Obama leaves behind a mess in Afghanistan | Asia | DW.COM | 19.01.2017
DW.COM 01/19/2017
The Taliban in Kunduz, in northern Afghanistan, September 2015
09/29/2015
Grouped Articles
Afghan Crisis Grows as Push to Retake Kunduz From Taliban Fails
New York Times 09/29/2015
In Reversal, Obama Says U.S. Soldiers Will Stay in Afghanistan to 2017
New York Times 10/15/2015
Human Error Cited in U.S. Strike on Kunduz Hospital
New York Times 11/24/2015
U.S. General Says Kunduz Hospital Strike Was ‘Avoidable’
New York Times 11/25/2015
New Taliban Leader Moves to Repair Old Fractures
WSJ 08/04/2016
Obama leaves behind a mess in Afghanistan | Asia | DW.COM | 19.01.2017
DW.COM 01/19/2017
The Obama administration's decision to delay withdrawal from Afghanistan in October 2015, in the light of lessons learned in the withdrawal from Iraq
10/15/2015
Grouped Articles
In Reversal, Obama Says U.S. Soldiers Will Stay in Afghanistan to 2017
New York Times 10/15/2015
Lessons of Iraq Loom Over Obama’s Decision to Keep Troops in Afghanistan
New York Times 10/15/2015
Obama leaves behind a mess in Afghanistan | Asia | DW.COM | 19.01.2017
DW.COM 01/19/2017
Trump Takes New Tack in Afghanistan Fight
WSJ 08/22/2017
The Obama presidency and the earlier decisions for Iraq and Syria as seen in September 2014 and May 2015
09/20/2014
In early 2014 op-ed pages of the NYT and WSJ are used by Hillary Clinton and General Jones, former Secretary of State and former National Security Advisor, calling into question Obama's failure to act decisively in Syria and Iraq. By September 2014 the policy appears to be unraveling. Hardly any reporters or critics mention that all the Syrian democracy forces needed was the "no fly zone" offered to Libya. Timely decisive use of American airpower early in the conflict would have enabled the success of the democracy forces in Syria. General Keene called for this in an op-ed on 5/22/2013 and the WSJ editorial on 8/29/2013 refuted claims that this would cost $1 billion. Actually Gen. Keane stated that all that was necessary was to destroy the 50 runways and the air defense system of the Assad regime, which the U.S. had capabilities for even with the Russian support to Assad. It also would have met the early misguided efforts of the Putin government to exert influence in regions against the will of the people in the name of Russian nationalism, which extended following Syria to Eastern Europe. It would have kept U.S. ground forces out and gradually stabilized the region with democratic governments in Syria and Libya- with U.S. economic support and guidance during a transition period. Truman was coming out of the Second World War when he faced and responded to the efforts to extend communist regimes in Greece and southern Europe within a few years of the global conflict. Truman and General Marshall accomplished in Europe what Obama failed to do in North Africa when a challenge as well as an opportunity presented itself. Truman also listened to exceptional leaders in his circle of advisors. The U.S. has strategic interests in the Middle East and concern for the welfare of the region and its people. This was neglected in preference for involvement in Afghanistan, where involvement is only for the purpose of keeping a failing state from becoming a haven for terrorism. A permanent settlement between India and Pakistan c
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Gen. Martin Dempsey Leaves a Legacy of Caution
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New York Times 05/21/2015
The Taliban in 2015- the Quetta Shura, Mullah Omar, and the remaining younger Taliban inside Afghanistan
01/02/2015
Changing expectations of the Afghan people by 2015, with many Taliban leaders killed in fighting with American forces and drone strikes, aging of the Taliban leadership in Quetta, have changed the nature of the Taliban. It makes it harder to negotiate a peace agreement but also leaves a fractured Taliban with younger Taliban in Afghanistan no longer following the leadership in Quetta.
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Unruly Factions Hurt Taliban’s Bid to Capture Afghan Hearts, and Territory
New York Times 01/02/2015
Afghans Form Militias and Call on Warlords to Battle Taliban
New York Times 05/24/2015
Taliban Leader Mullah Omar Is Dead, Afghan Spy Agency Says
Wall Street Journal 07/30/2015
Afghan Crisis Grows as Push to Retake Kunduz From Taliban Fails
New York Times 09/29/2015
In Reversal, Obama Says U.S. Soldiers Will Stay in Afghanistan to 2017
New York Times 10/15/2015
Taliban’s New Leader, More Scholar Than Fighter, Is Slow to Impose Himself
The New York Times 07/11/2016
The U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan 2013-2015
01/16/2014
Grouped Articles
Washington Post 01/16/2014
U.S. Military Eyes Afghan Force of 10,000, or a Pullout
New York Times 01/21/2014
U.S. Will Complete Afghan Pullout by End of 2016, Obama Says
New York Times 05/27/2014
Obama Details Plan for Forces in Afghanistan
Wall Street Journal 05/28/2014
Amid Drawdown, Fears of Taliban Resurgence and Economic Collapse
New York Times 05/28/2014
Taliban Making Military Gains in Afghanistan
New York Times 07/26/2014
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