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Top Obama Advisors Want More Troops In Afghanistan

Posted by JacobSloan on November 11, 2009

The New York Times reports on the march to perpetual war in Afghanistan occurring within the Obama administration:

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, Adm. Mike Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton are coalescing around a proposal to send 30,000 or more additional American troops to Afghanistan.

Officials said that while Admiral Mullen and Mrs. Clinton were generally in sync with Mr. Gates in supporting an option of about 30,000 troops, there were variations in their positions and they were not working in lock step.

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  • there are really only 2 options, send more troops or pull out,
    the kind of fight that will happen if you want to root out the Taliban from positions they have been fortifying for decades isn't something that can be done half way, keeping things as is will only waste time and resources and get people killed, we have to ask ourselves is "liberating" Afghanistan really worth the cost?
  • emperorreagan
    If the US pulls out now, who will protect the Karzai family's & the Northern tribal leaders' interests in the drug trade and various other black market ventures?
  • emperorreagan
    Surprise! A Democratic administration loaded with hawks reaches the same conclusion as a Republican administration loaded with hawks!
  • bolan
    Don't send our troops over there...instead, why we the people send Obama and his people included Hillary Clinton to wear the uniforms and go to battles for the We the People???? They will definitive get scary with lots of caca!!
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