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TOPICS:AfghanistanAfghanistan diplomatic failureBarack ObamaelectionsInformed CommentJuan ColeKarzaiSerial CatastrophesStanley McCrystalUNAMAUnited States Foreign Relations

Posted By: The Observer January 7, 2010

See Juan Cole, “Serial Catastrophes in Afghanistan threaten Obama Policy,” Informed Comment, January 4, 2010

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