[Peace-discuss] 54% for Afghan Exit, but Petraeus Could Nix Peace Talks w/ Terror Naming

[Robert Naiman]

The majority of Americans want the Obama Administration to establish a
timetable for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan, CBS News
reports. But if General Petraeus has his way, the State Department
will designate part of the Afghan Taliban as a terrorist organization.
That would undermine peace moves in Afghanistan, the New York Times
reports - peace moves that the Administration told Newsweek that it
supports. Petraeus' move would undermine not only a timetable for
withdrawal, but the "serious drawdown" in July 2011 that Vice
President Biden told Newsweek we can "bet on" and Speaker Pelosi told
the Huffington Post she expects.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-naiman/54-want-afghan-exit-but-p_b_647626.html

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/7/15/123738/742

http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/node/649

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Robert Naiman
Policy Director
Just Foreign Policy
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naiman at justforeignpolicy.org

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