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towards a “realist” foreign policy
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Aziz Poonawalla
There’s a new foreign policy group in town called the Coalition for a Realistic Foreign Policy, and they have written a letter to President Obama urging him to “focus US strategy more clearly on Al Qaeda” instead of explicit nation-building. The text of the letter follows: Dear Mr. President: During your campaign for the Presidency,…
Losing Afghanistan: the McChrystal report
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Aziz Poonawalla
One of the major problems with the Bush Administration and its conservative Republican stalwarts regarding the Iraq War was the “stay the course” dogma which seemed immune to any attempt at an honest evaluation of the war’s goals or purpose. There were no metrics for success, aside from a nebulous goal of “victory”. Proponents of…
Obama will not leave Iraq. (good.)
By
Aziz Poonawalla
I’ve long argued that no Democratic president will fully withdraw from Iraq. There’s been plenty of evidence of Obama’s intentions in that regard; the latest is this exchange from Joe Klein’s recent interview with Obama: [Q] Lets go back to we’re now moving to the issue portion. When you questioned [General Petraeus] [in the Senate…
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