Phyllis Bennis and Farrah Hassen

BlackCommentator.com Guest Commentator, Phyllis Bennis and Farrah Hassen are both fellows at the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington, D.C. Bennis is the author of “Challenging Empire: How People, Governments, and the UN Defy U.S. Power” (Interlink Publishing, October 2005). Hassen is the author of numerous political commentaries, movie and book reviews and poem. Click here to contact Bennis and Farrah Hassen.

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Obama Has It All Backward on Afghanistan

By Phyllis Bennis and Farrah Hassen Guest Commentators

Obama has already announced plans to escalate the war by sending 17,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan. But in his address to Congress, he acknowledged he was still working to “forge a new and comprehensive strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan.” It would have been much more sensible to devise the strategy before deploying the troops.…

Obama has already announced plans to escalate the war by sending 17,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan. But in his address to Congress, he acknowledged he…

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