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Meeus, Tom-Jan
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2 articles of this author have been cited in the European Press Review so far.
A turning point in the debate about withdrawing troops from Afghanistan
According to recent surveys a majority of American citizens favours a withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan. Even influential conservatives like columnist George Will oppose the operations. The daily NRC Handelsblad discerns a turning point in the debate over the military operation in Afghanistan: "Will, no party bigwig, is the type of conservative intellectual Washington listens to. And the fact that he used his widely-read column yesterday to argue for a withdrawal of all combat troops is a signal. … This is by no means the end of the debate. But if this type of conservative effectively turns against the war no one should be surprised to see [even] more supporters revise their views in the near future. And does [US President Barack] Obama, who won … the election campaign last year thanks to his opposition to the war in Iraq really want to go down in history as the man who went on fighting a war his people were already tired of?"
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America will never be the same again
Obama symbolises "a multicultural ideal that since the 1990s seemed to be fading worldwide," writes the national newspaper NRC Handelsblad. "But his ambition to reunite the country conflicts with the progressive programme his party and progressive interest groups expect of him. ... The durability of the multicultural coalition will be put to the test sooner than people appeared to expect on yesterday's historical election day."
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