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2011
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SWP Comments No. 31/2011
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Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP), Berlin
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Increasing war weariness on the part of the American public and in Congress has madeit politically possible for President Obama to move away from the costly civil-militarycounterinsurgency strategy, without needing to fear criticism from the Republicans.The creeping transition to what is known as a counterterrorism strategy widens thescope for troop reduction. Militarily, this strategy hardly entails much more than theelimination of as many insurgents as possible by kill or capture operations - whetherin the hope of forcing the opponent's leaders to negotiate, or in the expectation thatthis will put stronger Afghan security forces in a better position to manage the remainingdanger. As part of this counterterrorism strategy, the US would like to maintain amilitary presence in Afghanistan beyond 2014
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