September 26, 2009
As President
Barack Obama ponders the moral case against tossing more young
American soldiers into the Afghan abyss, he faces several political
obstacles, including some of his own making. But as Terry Michael
writes, the president's decision about Afghanistan is not
a political choice. There are thousands of young lives at stake,
individuals who will be sent to risk death and injury. And the
choice of stepping up this horror—rather than drawing it down—will
engender bitter hatred from Afghans caught in the crossfire.
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