| More troops in Afghanistan, Trump’s Afghanistan policy leaves the devil in the detail, Cloud over Buhari’s return, Responsibility for fatal US Navy collisions, Conventional conservatism is rebounding Posted: 02 Sep 2017 03:00 AM PDT ![More troops in Afghanistan, Trump's Afghanistan policy leaves the devil in the detail, Cloud over Buhari's return, Responsibility for fatal US Navy collisions, Conventional conservatism is rebounding]( "More troops in Afghanistan, Trump's Afghanistan policy leaves the devil in the detail, Cloud over Buhari's return, Responsibility for fatal US Navy collisions, Conventional conservatism is rebounding") "In a marked departure from his campaign rhetoric, US President Donald Trump has outlined his new Afghanistan strategy that favours realism over politics...," states an editorial. "Trump is right in assessing that a hasty withdrawal from Afghanistan would create a vacuum for terrorists, including the Afghan branch of Islamic State (IS), to fill.... Obama's Afpak policy didn't work.... Announcing deadlines for a drawdown made it easy for the Taliban to wait out the Americans. Secondly..., Pakistan provided [safe] havens.
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| Readers write: Japanese in America, space junk solutions, science in the Weekly, new format Posted: 02 Sep 2017 03:00 AM PDT ![Readers write: Japanese in America, space junk solutions, science in the Weekly, new format]( "Readers write: Japanese in America, space junk solutions, science in the Weekly, new format") Regarding the July 11 Monitor Daily article "Mary's story: Exclusion, forgiveness, persistence, reward": My book discussion group read "The Buddha in the Attic," by Julie Otsuka. It is a reminder of how we often mistreat people who become associated with a negative situation not of their own doing. Recommended: Could you pass a US citizenship test?
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