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Arianna Huffington: The Afghanistan Paradox: When the War's Defenders Make the Case for Why We Should Stay, They End Up Making the Case for Why We Should Go



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Arianna Huffington: It's a curious thing about Afghanistan: every time a politician makes the case for why we need to stay, he or she ends up making the case for why we should leave. "You have the most corrupt government that we have ever dealt with from a conflict standpoint," said Sen. Saxby Chambliss. "And until you provide some stability and some confidence in the Afghan people about the way forward from a governing standpoint, then I think that we could win militarily and still have a very ugly victory." And he thinks he's making a case for staying! It's truly bizarre how many in Washington are describing the situation in Afghanistan accurately, but then fail to draw the most obvious conclusion based on what they've just said. Click here to read more.

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