http://www.ellsberg.net/archive/from-vietnam-to-afghanistan Sat, 28 Aug 2010 01:52:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.ellsberg.net/archive/from-vietnam-to-afghanistan/comment-page-1#comment-2488 Steve Wed, 07 Apr 2010 16:16:26 +0000 http://www.ellsberg.net/?p=271#comment-2488 If Mr. Ellsberg is correct, that the military brass are essentially blackmailing Obama (or any other president for that matter) into escalating the war in Afghanistan against the better interests of both the Afghan and American people, how do we break out of this cycle? Does it require the president, his administration and his party to fall on their swords for the good of the nation? If Mr. Ellsberg is correct, that the military brass are essentially blackmailing Obama (or any other president for that matter) into escalating the war in Afghanistan against the better interests of both the Afghan and American people, how do we break out of this cycle? Does it require the president, his administration and his party to fall on their swords for the good of the nation?

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