The League of Ordinary Gentlemen 1 month ago

Re-viewing Obama’s War: Part I

This weekend I finally managed to have the time to sit down and watch this excellent PBS Frontline documentary called Obama’s War. Highly recommended and hats off to the folks at Frontline for a very good piece of work on an extremely important topic. Full Article at The League of Ordinary Gentlemen

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  3. U.S. Congress

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  1. Make no mistake. We’re experts in the application of violence. We’re attacking to seize control of the population from the Taliban. The people are our objective.
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  1. PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN - NOVEMBER 17: Projectionist Musta Gamut sits as he waits between changing reels during a screening of 'Zakham' at the Shabistan Cinema on November 17, 2009 in Peshawar, Pakistan.
  2. KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - NOVEMBER 13: An Afghan woman places her hand on the family grave at a local cemetery for Hazara people November 13, 2009 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Afghans often visit the family grave on Fridays to offer prayer.
  3. KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - NOVEMBER 13: U.S soldiers stands guard at the scene of a suicide bomb blast November 13, 2009 in Kabul, Afghanistan. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack which wounded at least six people near Camp Phoenix, a U.S military support base.
  4. KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - NOVEMBER 09: Afghan workers shovel cement into a mold to form a concrete blast wall at the Eagle Desert Construction company on November 09, 2009 in Kabul, Afghanistan.
  5. WARMINSTER, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 06: Private Balsh from Burma Company 3rd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment is greeted by his girlfriend at his homecoming from Afghanistan on November 6, 2009 in Warminster, England.
  6. KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - NOVEMBER 3: Afghan President Hamid Karzai attends a press conference at the Presidential Palace on November 3, 2009 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Re-elected Karzai promised his new government would stop corruption and engage with Taliban insurgents.
  7. KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - OCTOBER 31: An Afghan policeman stands guard at a checkpoint on October 31, 2009 in Kabul, Afghanistan.
  8. Afghan policemen arrive at the entrance of the Bekhtar guesthouse in Kabul on October 28, 2009, where UN staff were killed following an attack.
  9. KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - OCTOBER 28: A German man with a broken foot is carried away from the scene of a suicide bomb attack on an international guest house October 28, 2009 in Kabul, Afghanistan.

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  1. Taliban Taliban
  2. Barack Obama Barack Obama
  3. U.S. Congress U.S. Congress
  4. Al-Qaeda Al-Qaeda
  5. PBS PBS
  6. John Kerry John Kerry