Obama's Afghanistan proposal under fire [pursue the same militaristic strategy as his predecessors]

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Obama's Afghanistan proposal under fire Alex Isenstadt Alex Isenstadt 20 mins ago

President Barack Obama's Afghanistan proposal is under fire from the liberal base, which is becoming increasingly disappointed in his war policies.

Russ Feingold, the liberal and often defiant Wisconsin senator, said today that that Obama’s plan “could make the situation worse, not better.”

Peace Action, a liberal anti-war organization, is organizing a coalition to petition Congress to oppose Obama’s Afghanistan plan.

“It’s a shame President Obama believes he can pursue the same militaristic strategy as his predecessors and produce a different result,” said Kevin Martin, executive director of Peace Action.

And Win Without War, another anti-war group, also slammed Obama.

“I regret that President Obama, in his desire to protect our nation from a genuine threat, has outlined a policy that will undermine our security, not enhance it,” said Tom Andrews, the organization’s executive director. “In short, the president’s policy is playing into the hands of Al Qaeda and the Taliban by providing them with a cause that unites and strengthens them."

The criticisms of the troop expansion in Afghanistan are similar to the liberal concerns over the slower than expected pace of withdrawal from Iraq.

Feingold argued that Obama’s plan was overly Afghan-centric when it should adopt a more regional approach and deal with Pakistan and Afghanistan jointly.

“As the bombing near the Khyber pass this morning highlights, we need to fully address the inextricable links between the crisis in Afghanistan and the instability and terrorist threats in Pakistan,” Feingold said.

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Naivete......

[seniorobserver]

Obama knows what he knows and goes there subconsciously. Just as his tax, spend, and control domestic policy is guided by his 25 years of learning from Edward Said, William Ayers, and Saul Alinsky, so too is his only personal interest in foreign diplomacy is in “PAAK istan” where he traveled after college, presumably on an Indonesian passport as Barry Soetoro. Thus its understandable his “ego” tells him to send 20000 troops to Afghanistan to stabilize Pakistan, which is the only foreign country he thinks he knows about.

[sofaman]

the only thing “inextricable” is Feingold’s head up his own bum.