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...withdrawal in 1989. "The nation was fed up with them, so the Afghan people welcomed the Taliban. And now the government wants to bring them back? This is madness." Now the greatest military alliance in the world is hoping to transform Afghanistan's madness into some sort of normality. NATO now has 21,000 troops in its International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) - up from 9,000 in June - and will be adding thousands more by the end of the year, when it takes charge of security in the country's eastern sector. The reinforcements are coming primarily from...
...engagement don't permit it to attack the Taliban outright, but do permit "proactive self-defense" - an ambiguity exacerbated by the differing restrictions each national contingent has negotiated to the rules of engagement that reflect its government's willingness to accept casualties. On a recent trip organized by NATO, Council on Foreign Relations expert Max Boot says he heard "a British officer berating a Dutch air force officer for limiting his activities to tame convoy escorts and not having the guts to engage in real combat...
Fallingbostel, West Germany Sept. 29, 1986 Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was taking no flak last week as she fired a round from a Challenger tank at the nato training ground [where she was visiting British forces]. Decked out in stout walking shoes, flowing scarf and goggles, Thatcher looked like a "cross between Isadora Duncan and Lawrence of Arabia," as the Daily Telegraph affectionately put it. With the help of a few tips from the 1945-1955 The decade after 1945 saw jubilation at the arrival of peace, and anxiety as the Cold War took shape — and a wedding took...
...moving closer politically to Europe, while Yushchenko agreed to improve cooperation with Russia - albeit only up to the point that would facilitate Ukraine?s trade with Russia, but won?t hurt Ukraine?s prospects for eventual WTO and EU membership. Both yielded on the divisive issue of Ukraine joining NATO: Yanukovych withdrew his avowed opposition to the move, while Yushchenko agreed to put the issue to a referendum. ?Yanukovych has evolved since December 2004, while Tymoshenko mentally got stuck at the barricades,? comments Nebozhenko...
...plan this week. But its composition, mission and rules of engagement are acutely tricky. Rice declared that no U.S. troops would join; they're already overstretched in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere. French President Jacques Chirac said he might be willing to commit French forces, but not through NATO. Soldiers from Muslim countries like Turkey and Egypt would be a plus, but so far none have materialized...