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The Latest Opinions From Bloomberg View

Oct 16, 2015

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The Editors: "President Barac= Obama's decision to keep almost 10,000 U.S. forces in Afghanistan for at =east another year may help Afghan security forces better contain a resurge=t Taliban. But it doesn't change the most fundamental fact about Afghanist=n: There is no military solution to its long-running conflict at a price t=e U.S. is willing to pay." Read more...

Tobin Harshaw: "Why are we in=Afghanistan, again? President Obama says he knows. 'We have clarity about =hat our mission is,' he declared on Thursday as he announced that a few mo=e U.S. troops would stay there a little longer than anticipated. I hope th=t's true -- and that he shares his vision soon. Because the original point=of invading the world's most unfortunate country was to depose the Taliban=government and render al-Qaeda impotent to attack the West. Missions accom=lished -- in 2002." Read more...

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Josh Rogin and Eli Lake: "Last weekend, the White House announced that the U.S. had =ropped 50 tons of ammunition to Syrian Arabs fighting the Islamic State. S=me officials now say that the new Arab coalition was a front and that Kurd=sh groups received most of the weapons -- as the U.S. intended." Read more...

CARS

Edward Niedermeyer: "Tesla is=trying to stay at the forefront of the emerging automotive-technology arms=race by delivering self-driving features to its rabid fans. But as lukewar= initial reviews of the new autopilot and other features begin to pour in =rom media outlets and Tesla owners' forums, it's becoming clear that the c=mpany's need to chase futurist hype is as much a liability as an asset." Read more...

Tech

Leonid Bershidsky: "The laser=razor sounded too good to be true. And sure enough, Kickstarter, the leadi=g crowdfunding platform, kicked the budding business off its site this wee= after backers pledged $4 million. The fundraising campaign continues on a=other platform, Indiegogo, raising questions about the definition of crowd=unding fraud and even whether it is possible." Read more...

Economics

Noah Smith: "The end of tippi=g would bring American restaurant culture closer to the global standard. B=t the celebration in the press may be premature. The issue of tipping is a=lot more complicated than it seems, and it isn't clear that its death woul= be a good thing." Read more...

Megan McArdle: Why do we even tip at=all? There are four promising theories. =span class="topic-read-more" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;text=decoration:none;color:#00b9e7;font-weight:normal;font-size:17px;line-heigh=:1.6em;text-transform:none">Read more...

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