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U.S. Army / Staff Sgt. Andrew Smith

The many contradictions in President Obama’s speech about Afghanistan Wednesday night were perhaps intended to obscure the bottom line: Tens of thousands of American troops will remain for at least three more years, some of them will be maimed or killed, and Obama offered no good reason why.

Posted on Jun 23, 2011 READ MORE | 92 COMMENTS

Trapped in Afghanistan

By Mike Luckovich —

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U.S. Air Force / Staff Sgt. Larry E. Reid Jr.

Bad News for a Country Tired of War

By Bill Boyarsky —

Barack Obama’s plan for a limited withdrawal from Afghanistan means tens of thousands of American troops will remain there, many of them fighting, for several years to come.