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Why die for Karzai?

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This is the "march of folly" once predicted by historian Barbara Tuchman. And it requires an exit strategy, not a deepening quagmire. In 1989, German essayist Hans Magnus Enzensberger wrote of the need for a "new kind of hero," not one who spills blood to save a reputation but one brilliant at withdrawing from untenable situations of their own making.

"It was Clausewitz," wrote Enzensberger, "who showed that retreat is the most difficult of all operations. That applies in politics as well. . . . It goes without saying that the protagonist risks his life with every step he takes on this path."

This is the choice facing Obama: Whether to send more Americans to their graves in support of Hamid Karzai while at the same time blocking the emergent quest for peace negotiations in Afghanistan.

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The 72 Virgins? by Allan Wayne on Wednesday, Nov 11, 2009 at 1:22:52 AM
Stopping war is harder than making peace by Margaret Bassett on Wednesday, Nov 11, 2009 at 8:23:17 AM
The Obama Administration Never Defined the Mission by Jason Paz on Thursday, Nov 12, 2009 at 5:32:06 AM
A sobering account gentlemen........ by Ernest on Thursday, Nov 12, 2009 at 6:22:12 AM