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WaPo: Sneaky Persians Menace Pentagon’s Noble Aim to Keep U.S. Troops in Afghanistan Forever

January 10, 2012CommentaryAfghanistan War, Afghanistan withdrawal timetable, iran, Iraq Withdrawal, Maz Jobrani, New York Times, pentagon, Washington Post

In a front page exposé on January 4, the Washington Post revealed that sneaky Persian agitators are conspiring to thwart the Pentagon’s noble aim of keeping 10,000-30,000 U.S. troops in Afghanistan on "non-permanent," "non-U.S." bases after "all foreign troops are supposed to be withdrawn" in 2014, just as these sneaky Persians conspired to thwart the…

Ending Wars on Time Would Save $200 Billion, 1/6 of Debt Reduction Goal

August 23, 2011CommentaryAfghanistan War, Afghanistan withdrawal timetable, foreign policy, Iraq war, Iraq Withdrawal, lynn woolsey, status of forces agreement, super committee

By Thanksgiving, the Congressional "Super Committee" is supposed to come up with $1.2 trillion in debt reduction over the next ten years. The Super Committee can include anything it wants in its package – short-term economic stimulus (like extending unemployment benefits and the payroll tax holiday), revenue increases from curtailing tax breaks, cuts in military…

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