Oct 19th, 2009 - TIME
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"It's a tricky situation," said the decision-maker huddled with his inner circle debating what to do next in Afghanistan."We went in, but how to get out — our head[s] are splitting from this. Of course we can just pull out fast, without thinking of anything and blame the former leadership who started all this.
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