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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsObama secretly extends us role in Afghanistan with classified executive order...Democracy Now
http://www.democracynow.org/2014/11/24/after_vowing_to_end_combat_missionsnip-
President Obama has secretly extended the U.S. role in Afghanistan despite earlier promises to wind down Americas longest war. According to the New York Times, Obama has signed a classified order that ensures U.S. troops will have a direct role in fighting. In addition, the order reportedly enables American jets, bombers and drones to bolster Afghan troops on combat missions. And, under certain circumstances, it would apparently authorize U.S. air-strikes to support Afghan military operations throughout the country. The decision contradicts Obamas earlier announcement that the U.S. military would have no combat role in Afghanistan next year. Afghanistans new president Ashraf Ghani has also backed an expanded U.S. military role. Ghani, who took office in September, has also reportedly lifted limits on U.S. airstrikes and joint raids that his predecessor Hamid Karzai had put in place. We go to Kabul to speak with Dr. Hakim, a peace activist and physician who has provided humanitarian relief in Afghanistan for the last decade. We are also joined by Kathy Kelly of Voices for Creative Nonviolence, who has just returned from Afghanistan.
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Obama secretly extends us role in Afghanistan with classified executive order...Democracy Now (Original Post)
xiamiam
Nov 2014
OP
Every thing secret degenerates, even the administration of justice; nothing is safe
Tierra_y_Libertad
Nov 2014
#3
stone space
(6,498 posts)1. Executive orders should be public.
Otherwise, there is no accountability.
President Obama acted correctly when he made his executive order on immigration public.
That would be an excellent example to follow here.
zipplewrath
(16,646 posts)2. Same in Iraq
And we will see the same in Iraq as soon as the Sec Def can make a case that they need to do this for "force protection" and "confronting terrorism."
Tierra_y_Libertad
(50,414 posts)3. Every thing secret degenerates, even the administration of justice; nothing is safe
Every thing secret degenerates, even the administration of justice; nothing is safe that does not show how it can bear discussion and publicity. Lord Acton
jwirr
(39,215 posts)5. If we are reporting on it now - what is secret?