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Americans Want Out of Afghanistan

(Flickr/The U.S. Army)

The Afghanistan War is on shakier ground with each passing day. The Obama administration has been eying the conflict warily for some time, and the massacre of Afghani citizens by an errant soldier has forced the White House and its NATO allies to re-evaluate the conflict and its potential end date. According to reports, the Obama administration is weighing if it should speed up the withdrawal of the troops before the 2014 exit date. The 33,000 sent over as part of the surge in 2010 are scheduled to depart next summer, but that will leave 68,000 troops on the ground, and the administration is still considering whether to heed the advice of military leaders to leave the troops in place or to pack up and admit that the fight has become an impossible quagmire.

Trading Places

Unsurprisingly, Sen. Lindsay Graham (R-SC) thinks bombs are the solution to our problems in Libya:

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said Sunday NATO and the administration should wage an all-out bombing campaign on Tripoli so Col. Muammar Qadhafi 's inner circle "wake up every day wondering, ‘Will this be my last?'"

The Little Picture: More Military Interventions

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U.S. troops parachute out of a C-17 plane flying over Maniago, near the NATO airbase of Aviano, Italy, during an exercise, Wednesday, March 23, 2011. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

The Little Picture: The Wait for Aid in Afghanistan.

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Women in Afghanistan wait for humanitarian aid. Today, NATO's secretary general reemphasized the coalition's commitment to achieving stability in the country.

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