[news] More of the Same, Packaged as Change: Barack Obama and Afghanistan

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By MARC HEROLD - August 6, 2008

When asked in Berlin...whether he believed the United States needed to apologize for anything over the past 7 ½ years in terms of foreign policy, candidate Obama responded, “No, I don’t believe in the U.S. apologizing. As I said I think the war in Iraq was a mistake["]...So what does...Barack Obama, propose regarding Afghanistan?...Obama promises nothing other than what already is: more prolonged low-intensity conflict with endless death and destruction. If the U.S. military escalation of the past two years is any indication, a further escalation as he proposes will simply lead to more dead Afghan civilians...  


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