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The Battle for Victory

It’s sad when you see a general who want to do everything he can to win a war and protect his troops, that pleads to the Commander in Chief of the US to allow him the resources to accomplish this, only to be turned down and scorn for presenting his views. Continue reading

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No We Can’t? UK Think Tank Says US Power Is Fading

UK think tank: Barack Obama may have to say ‘no we can’t’ as American power fades

By RAPHAEL G. SATTER Associated Press Writer
LONDON September 15, 2009 (AP)

http://abcnews.go.com/International/WireStory?id=8577176&page=1

A weakened United States could start retreating from the world stage without help from its allies abroad, an international strategic affairs think tank said Tuesday.
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Address to the Nation Announcing Strikes Against Al Qaida Training Camps and Taliban Military Installations in Afghanistan

George W. Bush

XLIII President of the United States: 2001-2009

Address to the Nation Announcing Strikes Against Al Qaida Training Camps and Taliban Military Installations in Afghanistan
October 7, 2001
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‘We’re pinned down:’ 4 U.S. Marines die in Afghan ambush

Posted on Tuesday, September 8, 2009 By Jonathan S. Landay | McClatchy Newspapers [source: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/227/story/75036.html ] GANJGAL, Afghanistan — We walked into a trap, a killing zone of relentless gunfire and rocket barrages from Afghan insurgents hidden in the mountainsides … Continue reading

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Al-Qaeda leaders admit: ‘We are in crisis. There is panic and fear’

From The Times
February 11, 2008
Martin Fletcher in Baghdad

times.com

Al-Qaeda in Iraq faces an “extraordinary crisis”. Last year’s mass defection of ordinary Sunnis from al-Qaeda to the US military “created panic, fear and the unwillingness to fight”. The terrorist group’s security structure suffered “total collapse”.
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