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NYT blindly reports Obama’s reluctance to let troops defend themselves in Afghanistan

War is peace.

Obama blesses the troops in Bagram, May 2014. (White House photo)

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Author theoptimisticconservativePosted on November 23, 2014Categories General military, Great power geopolitics, Information, Journalistic bias, Media, Political commentary, Strategy, Terrorism, US Foreign policy, WarTags Afghanistan, Afghanistan policy, force defense for troops in Afghanistan, Geopolitics, Media bias, media ignorance of military matters, Military, National defense, New York Times, Obama, Obama administration claims military expands mission Afghanistan, Terrorism, US drawdown in Afghanistan

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