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Daily Beast Female Elites Denounce Global Human Rights Violations While Ignoring U.S. Crimes

Liliana Segura, AlterNet. March 17, 2010.

Promising solutions for international women's rights problems, the Daily Beast's 'Women in the World' conference ended up supporting the status quo for US foreign policy.

Eikenberry on Afghan government: "they assume we covet their territory for a never-ending 'War on Terror'"

Jim White, Firedoglake January 26, 2010.

As Military Launches New Attack In Afghanistan, U.S. Ambassador Suggests Extended U.S. Occupation

Democracy Now! AlterNet: WorldDecember 21, 2009.

Speaking before an Afghan audience on Thursday, Karl Eikenberry said, "This is not a deadline despite what some people in the United States and Afghanistan have said."

Afghanistan: How the War Hawks Caged Obama

Robert Parry, Consortium News. December 12, 2009.

How a desire for bipartisanship and peace within his own party led Obama to appoint a hawkish cabal that pushed him to a renewed war in Afghanistan.

Obama Will Announce 34,000-Troop Escalation in Afghanistan 'Within Days'

Agence France PresseNovember 24, 2009.

Obama faces a U.S. public sharply divided on the war and calls from some Democratic allies to set a flexible timetable for withdrawal.

There's No Such Thing As a Kinder, Gentler War In Afghanistan

Norman Solomon, AlterNet. November 13, 2009.

Fine-tuning the U.S. war in Afghanistan is no substitute for acknowledging -- with words and with policy -- that there will be no military solution.