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Afghan mission creep begins. (Insider Report).(Brief Article)
During the 2000 presidential campaign, George W. Bush and Condoleezza Rice (now the president's national security advisor) suggested that it was time to withdraw U.S. forces from peacekeeping missions in Bosnia and Kosovo. More than a year into the Bush II presidency, our troops remain mired in Balkans peacekeeping duty, even as the "war on terrorism" demands manpower and materiel.
The U.S. mission to Afghanistan is now threatening to become another permanent entanglement. Following the September 11th attacks, the president and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld emphasized that U.S. troops in Afghanistan would not be used for "peacekeeping" or "nation-building." However, with a civil war looming among Afghan warlords," the Bush administration is examining options for a deeper and more protracted mission. According to a February 22nd AP story, Rumsfeld "refused ... to rule out any American role in keeping order in Afghanistan -- including the possibility of sending 30,000 U.S. soldiers to 'police the whole country.'"
As in previous peacekeeping missions in the Balkans, ...
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...scale up its role in peacekeeping missions of the United Nations...taking part in UN peacekeeping missions since 1950s. Seyoum...success of the UN peacekeeping missions. The Minister made...
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...unprecedented number of U.N. peacekeeping missions. During a visit to India over...growing problem these days - too many peacekeeping missions and not enough troops or money...the U.N. has launched more peacekeeping missions than it did in the previous 45...
Source: HighBeam Research, Afghan mission creep begins. (Insider Report).(Brief Article)