[R-G] A surge towards disaster (Afghanistan)

[Anthony Fenton]

A surge towards disaster
By Anthony Fenton

As United States President Barack Obama simultaneously escalates and  
crafts a new strategy for the US and North Atlantic Treaty  
Organization-led counter-insurgency war and occupation in Afghanistan,  
critics say that the "surge" will send the country toward an  
"unmitigated disaster", the brunt of which will be borne by the  
civilian population.  [...]

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