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...following Obama's election two weeks ago. "I am hopeful that conditions will continue to improve, so we can continue" to withdraw U.S. troops, Mullen said. But if ordered to pull out despite poor conditions - a possibility many Pentagon officials fear in an Obama Administration - Mullen said he would obey such a command. Mullen added that it's "theoretically possible" that a new agreement allowing U.S. troops in Iraq post-2011 might be struck if conditions deteriorate...
Russia and the West May I point out that it was only the refusal of a British general to obey the orders of his nominal superior, American General Wesley Clark, to block Kosovo airport to incoming Russian planes, that ensured that "no shots were fired" [Aug. 25]. Mike Jackson's exact words were "I'm not going to start the Third World War for you." Siegi Mandelbaum, LONDON...
...terrorism and insurgency are only part of what's going wrong in Afghanistan. In 2002, I walked safely along the length of the road between Herat and Obey in western Afghanistan. Recently aid workers were carjacked on that road, and it is now considered too dangerous for aid agencies, effectively closing the main access to the central regions of the country. In provinces close to Kabul, such as Wardak, Ghazni and Logar, which were easy to visit two years ago, foreigners are regularly attacked and girls' schools burned at will. Afghanistan produces 92% of the world's opium (used...
...bridge to an America that only the unknowing call myth," but he couldn't pull it off.) But if McCain isn't Reagan, he still exemplifies many of conservative patriotism's key themes. He followed in his forefathers' footsteps; he put aside his hell-raising youth and learned to obey. He served his country in Vietnam, an unpopular war whose veterans we honor not because their service necessarily made the world a better place but simply because they are ours...
...Russert's death is not just a body blow for NBC News, it is a body blow for the nation and for anyone who cherishes newsmen and women who have remained devoted to reporting hard news in an era increasingly consumed by trivia." - Rep. Dave Obey...