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Obama, who wanted to make the war in Afghanistan the spearhead of his foreign policy, must now weigh whether the sending in of additional forces could indeed turn the tide.

With the election over, the graft of an American-style democracy into the Afghan political system has failed.

More than 85% of the Iraqi people want American forces to leave as no other possible means of solving the crisis remains

Whoever’s ahead when the results are announced on October 19, the U.S. has lost out on playing the trusted mediator.

... America has, for a second time, undertaken the arrest of a foreign head of state: Abdullah, the king of Saudi Arabia.

If [the West] legitimizes these questionable elections, it loses further credibility among Afghans; if it questions the results, it damages the current Afghan government’s authority and possibly risks further opposition at home to the whole Afghan campaign.