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de oorlog in Afganistan. Negen jaar oorlog en de vooruitzichten zijn ongunstig.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/02/AR2010080203720.html?hpid%3Dopinionsbox1&sub=AR
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By Eugene Robinson --- Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Momentum becomes substitute for logic in Afghan war
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The war in Afghanistan began on Oct. 7, 2001, as the U.S. military launched an operation in response to the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the U.S. The war continues today.
In Afghanistan, momentum has become a substitute for logic. We're not fighting because we have a clear set of achievable goals. We're at war, apparently, because we're at war.
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Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), a steadfast supporter of the administration's policy in Afghanistan, said he worried that "an unholy alliance with the right and left coming together" would coalesce in opposition to the war. "To lose there would be disastrous," he said. "To win there would be monumental. And I think we've got a good chance of winning, but by no means is the outcome certain."
He's wrong. With no real definition of victory or how to achieve it, our chance of "winning" is zero.
de oorlog in Afganistan. Negen jaar oorlog en de vooruitzichten zijn ongunstig.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/02/AR2010080203720.html?hpid%3Dopinionsbox1&sub=AR
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By Eugene Robinson --- Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Momentum becomes substitute for logic in Afghan war
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The war in Afghanistan began on Oct. 7, 2001, as the U.S. military launched an operation in response to the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the U.S. The war continues today.
In Afghanistan, momentum has become a substitute for logic. We're not fighting because we have a clear set of achievable goals. We're at war, apparently, because we're at war.
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Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), a steadfast supporter of the administration's policy in Afghanistan, said he worried that "an unholy alliance with the right and left coming together" would coalesce in opposition to the war. "To lose there would be disastrous," he said. "To win there would be monumental. And I think we've got a good chance of winning, but by no means is the outcome certain."
He's wrong. With no real definition of victory or how to achieve it, our chance of "winning" is zero.
