With Afghan drawdown looming, U.S. scales back ambitions
http://dervishcom.blogspot.com/2011/10/with-afghan-drawdown-looming-us-scales.html
The war in Afghanistan began as the good war. Today it is the good-enough war.
In Kabul and Washington, the push is on to wind down a fight that on Friday will mark its 10th anniversary. U.S. officials, who are facing a future of fewer troops and less money for reconstruction, are narrowing their goals for the country. The constrained ambitions come amid pressure from the Obama administration to scale back the U.S. commitment at a time of flagging public support.
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