To continue from my previous post, this one comes from Standpoint Online:
- Why does Senator Obama advocate a surge of troops in Afghanistan though he considers a surge of troops in Iraq to have been a mistake?
- Why is a stable Afghanistan crucial to US interests while a stable Iraq is not?
- How long does Senator Obama expect to keep troops in Afghanistan?
- Why is an open-ended commitment in Afghanistan manageable while the same in Iraq is not?
- How much does Senator Obama expect to spend rebuilding Afghanistan?
- Why is rebuilding Afghanistan affordable while rebuilding Iraq is not?
- Why does Senator Obama consider the ethno-sectarian issues in Iraq to be nearly intractable while in Afghanistan they are something we can overcome?
- If leaving Iraq will make the Iraqi government behave more responsibly, how will an increased presence in Afghanistan affect the Afghan government?
- Why does Senator Obama advocate a “surge in diplomacy” and multilateralism in Iraq while simultaneously advocating unilateral action in the Pakistani tribal areas?
- How large of a “residual force” will be left in Iraq and for how long?
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- Obama decides to put Afghanistan surge on hold
- Ambassador: Al-Qaida leaving Iraq for Afghanistan
- More Than 17,000 Troops Headed to Afghanistan
- Barack “ask no questions” Obama
- Quote of the Day: Joe Leiberman
- The Surge…one year later