A U.S. Army crew chief, center, briefs Afghan soldiers on procedures for loading and unloading a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during static load training for an air assault mission led by an Afghan air unit in Afghanistan's Kandahar province, Feb. 29, 2012. The soldier is assigned to Company A, 2nd Battalion, 25th Aviation Regiment, 25th Combat Aviation Brigade. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Daniel Schroeder Obama's Tidy Afghan Exit Strategy Turns Into A Mess Of Bloody Apologies -- Andrew Malcolm, Investor.com
President Obama and Gen. David Axelrod may have thought they had the Afghan war exit strategy tied up in a neat package with U.S. troop withdrawals beginning in time for this fall's American presidential campaign.
But a combination of unforeseen recent events have seriously complicated the Democrats' plans and could leave the U.S. exit looking more like an organized retreat, not the images any incumbent commander-in-chief wants in voters' minds come the start of early voting in early October.
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
The Afghan Massacre and the U.S. Mission -- Max Boot, Commentary
A look at major questions surrounding the decade-long Afghan war -- Washington Post
Rampage in Afghanistan puts long-term US presence in peril -- Christian Science Monitor
American soldiers are losing the plot in Afghanistan -- Con Coughlin, The Telegraph
Why the Rogue Soldier's Attack in Afghanistan Was Probably Inevitable -- Paul R. Pillar, The Atlantic
Afghanistan: dash for the exit -- The Guardian editorial
Leading article: Afghanistan - enough is enough -- The Independent
The Disintegration of Obama's Afghanistan War Strategy -- Michael Hirsh, The Atlantic
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Politicizing Intelligence on Syria -- Elliot Abrams, Weekly Standard
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