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	<title>AskCherlock&#187; Afghanistan</title>
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		<title>Afghans Want to Burn Americans, Not Qurans</title>
		<link>http://askcherlock.com/2012/03/afghans-want-to-burn-americans-not-qurans/</link>
		<comments>http://askcherlock.com/2012/03/afghans-want-to-burn-americans-not-qurans/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2012 19:36:31 +0000</pubDate>
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The people of Afghanistan have been rioting in the streets, screaming anti-U.S. slogans , and killing American citizens ever since the unfortunate &#8220;Quran-burning incident&#8221; by the U.S. military on February 24th.   This two-week long binge of violent behavior and hatred toward America has been largely fueled by top officials within the Karzai regime and the powerful Council of Muslim Scholars.  ...]]></description>
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		<title>Cultural Ineptitude: We Must Leave Afghanistan</title>
		<link>http://askcherlock.com/2012/02/cultural-ineptitude-we-must-leave-afghanistan/</link>
		<comments>http://askcherlock.com/2012/02/cultural-ineptitude-we-must-leave-afghanistan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Feb 2012 18:44:12 +0000</pubDate>
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We entered Afghanistan after 9/11 ostensibly to look for Osama bi Laden. Lo these many years later, we are as hated there by Afghan citizens as we were when we first arrived. To some extent, I can understand.
The Afghanistan citizens, both civilian and military, are furious with US troops who disposed of Qurans in a fire pit almost one week ...]]></description>
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		<title>Afghanistan Conflict Marks Ten Year Anniversity</title>
		<link>http://askcherlock.com/2011/10/afghanistan-conflict-marks-ten-year-anniversity/</link>
		<comments>http://askcherlock.com/2011/10/afghanistan-conflict-marks-ten-year-anniversity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 18:44:29 +0000</pubDate>
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On Friday, October 7, the United States reached  grim milestone. This date marked the ten year anniversary of U.S. military involvement in Afghanistan.  During this period of time over 1,700 American service men and women have been killed,  thousands more have been wounded and maimed, and the cost to the taxpayers has exceeded one trillion dollars.  In addition to American ...]]></description>
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		<title>West Wing Story: Rumble of Dems and GOP!</title>
		<link>http://askcherlock.com/2011/09/west-wing-story-rumble-of-dems-and-gop/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2011 15:42:18 +0000</pubDate>
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Republicans: The Dems won&#8217;t have their day Tonight
Democrats:The GOP won&#8217;t have their way Tonight
Republicans: The Democrats they grumble, “Fair fight”
But if they start a rumble, We’ll rumble ‘em Right
Democrats: We’re gonna hand ‘em a surprise Tonight
Republicans: We’re gonna cut ‘em down to size Tonight
Democrats: We said “Okay no rumpus, No tricks.” But just in case they jump us, We’re ready to mix Tonight!
Republicans: Well, they began it! Democrats: Well, they began it- Both: And we’re the ones to stop ‘em ...]]></description>
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		<title>Pakistani/Iranian Alliance Will Win Afghanistan</title>
		<link>http://askcherlock.com/2011/07/pakistaniiranian-alliance-will-win-afghanistan/</link>
		<comments>http://askcherlock.com/2011/07/pakistaniiranian-alliance-will-win-afghanistan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jul 2011 19:52:52 +0000</pubDate>
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Over a decade ago the U.S. government realized that the  &#8220;fight against terrorism&#8221;  would not only require boots on the ground in Afghanistan, but would also require military and political co-operation with Afghanistan&#8217;s neighbor to the East, Pakistan.   At that time, the U.S. State Department was well aware that Pakistan was controlled by a military dictatorship, was corrupt to its ...]]></description>
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		<title>The (Un)solution Revolution</title>
		<link>http://askcherlock.com/2011/07/the-unsolution-revolution/</link>
		<comments>http://askcherlock.com/2011/07/the-unsolution-revolution/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2011 18:29:27 +0000</pubDate>
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During the last part of the eighteenth century, the residents of the thirteen American colonies waged a war of revolution against the British government in order to resolve their long-standing grievances.  The revolution was fought so that American residents could find uniquely American solutions to the problems inherent in living in a free society, and under the rule of law ...]]></description>
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		<title>Afghanistan: America&#8217;s  Co-dependent Stepchild</title>
		<link>http://askcherlock.com/2011/06/afghanistan-americas-co-dependent-stepchild/</link>
		<comments>http://askcherlock.com/2011/06/afghanistan-americas-co-dependent-stepchild/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jun 2011 19:16:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://askcherlock.com/?p=10551</guid>
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After almost ten years of  U.S.  involvement in Afghanistan,  the American people have almost nothing to show for their spent treasure,  spilled blood, and thousands of disabled sons and daughters.  Not only is the war against  the Taliban insurgents going badly, but the entire Afghan economy has become totally dependent on the billions of dollars of military spending, combined with ...]]></description>
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		<title>Afghanistan : The Opium Den of the World</title>
		<link>http://askcherlock.com/2010/10/afghanistan-the-opium-den-of-the-world/</link>
		<comments>http://askcherlock.com/2010/10/afghanistan-the-opium-den-of-the-world/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Oct 2010 18:04:39 +0000</pubDate>
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Once again, the weird and wacky world of  Afghanistan politics has taken center stage.  The issue this time, like many other times in the past, is Afghanistan&#8217;s bumper crop of illegal heroin.  As the world&#8217;s leading supplier of heroin for decades, if not centuries, the population of this impoverished and war-torn nation know full well the importance of ...]]></description>
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		<title>Kabul Bank : The Next American Bailout?</title>
		<link>http://askcherlock.com/2010/09/kabul-bank-the-next-american-bailout/</link>
		<comments>http://askcherlock.com/2010/09/kabul-bank-the-next-american-bailout/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 17:53:57 +0000</pubDate>
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For those of us asking if things could possibly get any worse (or more expensive) for the U.S. in Afghanistan, the answer is a resounding &#8220;yes&#8221;.  The owners of  Kabul Bank, many of whom are related to Afghan president Hamid Karsai, announced yesterday that the bank would almost certainly collapse as result of millions of dollars of investment ...]]></description>
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		<title>Rep. Patrick Kennedy: Righteous Indignation</title>
		<link>http://askcherlock.com/2010/08/rep-patrick-kennedy-righteous-indignation/</link>
		<comments>http://askcherlock.com/2010/08/rep-patrick-kennedy-righteous-indignation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 16:35:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kennedy stated, " Somewhere I heard that during the Vietnam War. So what is it we got to do? We got to double down on a bad policy to protect the honor of those who have already died? I don't think so."]]></description>
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		<title>Between a Rock and a Hard Place</title>
		<link>http://askcherlock.com/2010/08/between-a-rock-and-a-hard-place/</link>
		<comments>http://askcherlock.com/2010/08/between-a-rock-and-a-hard-place/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2010 18:28:11 +0000</pubDate>
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The latest embarrassment for the Obama Administration was the WikiLeaks release of classified documents related to America&#8217;s faltering policy in Afghanistan.  Fortunately,  the U.S. government tends to &#8220;over-classify&#8221; documents, therefore much of the &#8220;sensitive&#8221; information was of dubious strategic value to America&#8217;s enemies.  However, the released documents did put the national spotlight on just how convoluted the U.S. ...]]></description>
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		<title>A Root Canal Kind of Day</title>
		<link>http://askcherlock.com/2010/07/a-root-canal-kind-of-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 18:59:25 +0000</pubDate>
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Alright, I&#8217;ll admit it!  There are times when reading the news (on-line and off-line) and listening to the TV  and radio broadcasts can be downright depressing.  It&#8217;s not that I spend the entire day totally immersed in learning more and more about the ills of this troubled world.  I mean, I do have plenty of other things to ...]]></description>
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		<title>Dissonance Among Liberals</title>
		<link>http://askcherlock.com/2010/06/dissonance-among-liberals/</link>
		<comments>http://askcherlock.com/2010/06/dissonance-among-liberals/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 14:09:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A New Deal! A Great Society! These are chants from history past, not politics present. There is a saying that the man does not make the Office; the Office makes the man.]]></description>
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		<title>Hamid Karzai: A Taliban in Sheep&#039;s Clothing</title>
		<link>http://askcherlock.com/2010/04/hamid-karzai-a-taliban-in-sheeps-clothing-2/</link>
		<comments>http://askcherlock.com/2010/04/hamid-karzai-a-taliban-in-sheeps-clothing-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2010 18:12:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mr. Karzai, who owes his position and probably his very existence, to the overthrow of the Taliban government in a 2001 invasion, has become emboldened by the corrupt election that kept him in power.  Under the protection of the U.S.  military in Afghanistan , Mr. Karzai has been able to hold secretive meetings]]></description>
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		<title>Misfits, Miscreants and The Enemy Within</title>
		<link>http://askcherlock.com/2010/03/misfits-miscreants-and-the-enemy-within/</link>
		<comments>http://askcherlock.com/2010/03/misfits-miscreants-and-the-enemy-within/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 06:38:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.askcherlock.com/?p=2639</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[While we are sending more troops to Afghanistan and trying to determine when we can pull out of Iraq, there is a growing number of American Muslim extremists which constitute domestic terrorist threats right here on our soil.]]></description>
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		<title>Ahmadinejad in Afghanistan</title>
		<link>http://askcherlock.com/2010/03/ahmadinejad-in-afghanistan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:02:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[
			
				
			
		




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At the same time that&#160; U.S. troops in Afghanistan are putting their lives on the line&#160; fighting Taliban and al Qaida insurgents, Afghan President Hamid Karzai is meeting with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Kabul.&#160; As could be expected, Ahmadinejad has taken this opportunity to sharply criticize the U.S. for its military presence in Afghanistan, and ...]]></description>
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		<title>The Turmoil of Finding Inner Peace</title>
		<link>http://askcherlock.com/2010/01/the-turmoil-of-finding-inner-peace/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 20:52:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It may mean that when a country such as Haiti gets smashed to smithereens, we give what we can for as long as we can, knowing that this recovery will take years. In being proactive...]]></description>
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		<title>No More U.S. Troops to Afghanistan</title>
		<link>http://askcherlock.com/2009/10/no-more-us-troops-to-afghanistan/</link>
		<comments>http://askcherlock.com/2009/10/no-more-us-troops-to-afghanistan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:35:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.askcherlock.com/?p=1408</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
			
				
			
		
Once again, a line seems to be drawn in the sand between Congressional Democrats and Republicans.  This time the issue is what to do about U.S. troop levels in Afghanistan, and when to do it.  Things were certainly not made any better by former Vice-President Cheney&#8217;s accusation that Obama was &#8220;dithering&#8221; in making a decision.  To their credit, Republican leaders Orrin Hatch ...]]></description>
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		<title>Media Bias in America</title>
		<link>http://askcherlock.com/2009/10/media-bias-in-america/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 15:46:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[
			
				
			
		
Sometimes it seems as if the  whole world is spinning madly out of control.  The omnipresent media outlets, such as CNN and Fox News, along with the constant drone of talk radio shows, are always there to remind us of every twist and turn in every news story across the globe.  Every nuance of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have ...]]></description>
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		<title>HAS McCRYSTAL HEARD OF CHAIN OF COMMAND?</title>
		<link>http://askcherlock.com/2009/10/has-mccrystal-heard-of-chain-of-command/</link>
		<comments>http://askcherlock.com/2009/10/has-mccrystal-heard-of-chain-of-command/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 18:13:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
			
				
			
		
On October first I alluded to my shock that General Stanley McChrystal appeared on 60 Minutes and postured about the future direction of the U.S. in Afghanistan. Having worked for a government agency for a number of years, I am well-aware of the importance of following &#8220;the chain of command.&#8221; Watching McChrystal on 60 Minutes I had two thoughts. One ...]]></description>
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		<title>Bin Laden Speaks to America</title>
		<link>http://askcherlock.com/2009/09/bin-laden-speaks-to-america/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:19:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[
			
				
			
		
One of the few things that is predictable about Osama Bin Laden is that he will deliver an address to the &#8220;American People&#8221; every year, right around September 11.  This year is no exception.  On Sunday, two days after the eighth anniversary of al-Qaeda&#8217;s infamous attacks on The World Trade Center Towers and the Pentagon, Bin Laden reminded Americans that the ...]]></description>
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		<title>Gunslingers in Chicago</title>
		<link>http://askcherlock.com/2009/07/gunslingers-in-chicago/</link>
		<comments>http://askcherlock.com/2009/07/gunslingers-in-chicago/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 18:09:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[
			
				
			
		
The city of Chicago is under siege. In the first six months of this year there have been over 200 shootings, many of which resulted in fatalities. Hospitals are running low on blood supplies to treat the wounded and residents are living in constant fear. Am I talking about Afghanistan? Sure sounds like it&#8212;but worse. The numbers of wounded and killed ...]]></description>
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