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  1. @SenJohnMcCain is "angry" that Obama hasn't decided to send more troops to #Afghanistan. Maybe he hasn't seen this? http://ow.ly/zSZW
  2. Rachel Maddow highlights opposition to drone strikes in Pakistan and questions their legality http://bit.ly/3w2i9n
  3. Suicide toll fuels worry that Army is strained http://online.wsj.com/artic...
  4. US now trains more drone operators than pilots http://bit.ly/mM3Hl
  5. Do you want to pay more taxes to fund a troop increase in #Afghanistan? http://tinyurl.com/ygfkse6
  6. With the $ it would cost to send one soldier to #Afghanistan for a year, we could build 20 schools http://tinyurl.com/yfk2ur5
  7. Interesting online conversation with Matthew Hoh, FSO who resigned over opposition to the war in #Afghanistan http://tinyurl.com/yzb29xr
  8. Matthew Hoh, 1st known US official to resign because of opposition to the war in #Afghanistan http://tinyurl.com/yzfmn5g
  9. New blog post: Unmanned drones: the future of war? http://bit.ly/T9FkY
  10. Bay Area followers- join us at these important events to hear from women fighting for rights in #Afghanistan http://tinyurl.com/yl7sscn
  11. Gilles Dorronsoro of the Carnegie Endowment on why counterinsurgency in #Afghanistan is unlikely to succeed http://tinyurl.com/ykvj6cv
  12. Tell your representative to cosponsor Rep. Lee's bill to stop a troop increase in #Afghanistan http://ow.ly/vkpU #topprog #p2
  13. Please RT: We need 100,000 signatures for a non-military strategy in #Afghanistan! http://bit.ly/4qkzjo
  14. The Pentagon pays $400 for every gallon of fuel that goes into a combat vehicle or aircraft in #Afghanistan http://tinyurl.com/ygzrqd3
  15. Overall, #Afghanistan more lethal for US soldiers than Iraq, according to research from @thehuffpost http://tinyurl.com/ygtjfuq
  16. US spending $1 milllion/soldier/year in #Afghanistan. $3.6 billion a month on the war, could double if Obama escalates. http://ow.ly/uCk8
  17. Interesting proposal from @ariannahuff Biden should resign if Obama escalates in #Afghanistan http://tinyurl.com/yllfvno
  18. @WOTN I clearly think troops won't solve this problem, and will make it worse. We should agree to disagree, neither of us will change minds.
  19. @WOTN Petraeus quote here: http://ow.ly/usEW I never said 500k "needed." People who say we need COIN shouldn't argue we can do it w/100k.
  20. @WOTN The troop ratio formula is 20 to 1k of population. That would be 500k+. And I'm not convinced that would work either. But 40K def not.