http://blog.oup.com/2012/08/the-great-silence-afghanistan-in-the-presidential-campaigns/ Academic insights for the thinking world. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:31:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://blog.oup.com/2012/08/the-great-silence-afghanistan-in-the-presidential-campaigns/#comment-404097 Afghanistan 2013: The road narrows | OUPblog Thu, 09 May 2013 01:07:41 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=27446#comment-404097 [...] want the two candidates to address the future course of Afghanistan policy before Election Day, they are unlikely to do so. I expect the subject to be raised in the upcoming presidential debates, of course. But President [...] [...] want the two candidates to address the future course of Afghanistan policy before Election Day, they are unlikely to do so. I expect the subject to be raised in the upcoming presidential debates, of course. But President [...]

]]> http://blog.oup.com/2012/08/the-great-silence-afghanistan-in-the-presidential-campaigns/#comment-287185 Carol Cowans Thu, 16 Aug 2012 08:45:51 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=27446#comment-287185 Thank you for spelling out the lack of debate on the war. Since I have a son deployed to Afghanistan, along with many fine young people, I have been frustrated by the silence. How can the politicians sleep at night knowing that they have committed troops to a losing battle where we are just "marking time" until we can make a somewhat graceful exiit? It makes little difference who occupies the White House since the governing elite has no concern for the faceless people who fight and die in these wars. It's a sad fact. Thank you for spelling out the lack of debate on the war. Since I have a son deployed to Afghanistan, along with many fine young people, I have been frustrated by the silence. How can the politicians sleep at night knowing that they have committed troops to a losing battle where we are just “marking time” until we can make a somewhat graceful exiit? It makes little difference who occupies the White House since the governing elite has no concern for the faceless people who fight and die in these wars. It’s a sad fact.

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