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American public opinion against Obama’s adventure in Afghanistan – American first black President may get the first lesson in international pragmatic politics
Obama is eager to prove that he is tough on terror and is ready to go and get Bin Laden. But it may be the first lesson for America’s first black President that can harm his presidency forever. Afghanistan is not easy. It can draw US into a deeper hole than Iraq.
While Iraq has long dominated headlines, Afghanistan will demand more immediate attention, as President-elect Barack Obama becomes the first commander-in-chief since Richard M. Nixon in 1969 to take charge during wartime.
Intensifying violence is ramping up U.S. involvement, costing money and lives when America faces a record budget deficit and the public is weary of war. Backing off may allow al-Qaeda and the Taliban to return to power.
Obama, 47, has said a ``responsible drawdown'''' from Iraq would allow the U.S. to upgrade military equipment, pay for veterans'' care and redirect expenditures -- which currently top $10 billion a month -- to Afghanistan, where Osama bin Laden and top al-Qaeda leaders are believed to be operating along the porous border with Pakistan.
Perhaps naive Obama does not understand - Afghanistan is no Iraq. It can draw US to bankruptcy just like it did to the former Soviet Union.
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