#2 COmpare wid DER SPEIGEL > THE AFGHANISTAN WAR PROVES OBAMA'S IMPOTENCE.
ARTIC = Public Optimism by GEN PETRAEUS belies HIGHLY PROBLEMATIC WAR + OUTCOME FOR US-ALLIES INBCLUDING OBAMA STRATEGY FOR PHASED US WITHDRAWAL 2011-2015, + SECDEF GAtes plans to retire from office in 2011.
* ISRAEL NN > AFGHANISTAN OIL DISCOVERY MAY BECOME SOURCE OF NEW FUNDS FOR AL QAEDA [ + also Taliban], be it COVERT METHOD(S) OR [Post-US] NATIONAL POWER-SHARING, espec once the US-ALLIES begin formally their phased withdrawal. |