http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/authors/3092/james-goldgeier Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Sat, 01 Aug 2026 09:15:45 -0400 Sat, 01 Aug 2026 09:15:45 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1252/obama-and-afghanistan By James Goldgeier - In his campaign for the American presidency, Barack Obama emphasized the “right war” in Afghanistan in order both to highlight the folly of the “wrong war” in Iraq and to establish that he was not against all wars – just “dumb” ones.1 Al Qaeda’s safe haven in Afghanistan prior to September 11, 2001 produced the plans and personnel that led to the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington, D.C. Unfortunately, argued Obama, the George W. Bush administration distracted itself from the job of eliminating al Qaeda by bungling its way into Iraq. Emboldened... Mon, 01 Nov 2010 12:00 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1252/obama-and-afghanistan