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Obama: More Aid, Troops for Afghanistan; Stewart: Don't Put in More Troops
Informed Comment —
... The US has 32,000 troops in Afghanistan and NATO has over 30,000 more. The US Marines are drafting plans to send 15,000 more from their branch of the military to fight in the vast, rugged country. ...
Obama's Foreign Policy: The Case for Pessimism
Antiwar.com Original —
... is now about to be corrected, with a renewed NATO as its symbol. While the ostensible enemy is, at present, the Taliban in Afghanistan and Pakistan, NATO is, first and foremost, a challenge to Russia. Founded as the Western shield against the Soviet empire, now it is a ...
Hugh Hewitt: As Thanksgiving Week Opens
Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog —
... ) Number one among the hopeful signs is a new generation of leaders in the making who have fought in the war over the past seven years and who are clear-eyed about the enemy and about what it requires to defeat the enemy. Number two is the arrival of General Petraeus at CentCom and the new focus on Afghanistan allowed by the unfolding victory in Iraq. Today's ...
Hugh Hewitt: As Thanksgiving Week Opens
Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog —
... ) Number one among the hopeful signs is a new generation of leaders in the making who have fought in the war over the past seven years and who are clear-eyed about the enemy and about what it requires to defeat the enemy. Number two is the arrival of General Petraeus at CentCom and the new focus on Afghanistan allowed by the unfolding victory in Iraq. Today's ...
Marines to Afghanistan
Taylor Marsh —
BY TAYLOR MARSH
...and so it begins
to begin.
Marine Corps leaders are devising a plan to send thousands of additional
combat troops to Afghanistan to wage aggressive warfare against the Taliban
that ...
Eager Lads
Neptunus Lex —
With things seemingly winding down in al Anbar, Uncle Sam’s Misguided Children are casting around for new work:
Marine Corps leaders are devising a plan to send thousands of additional combat troops to Afghanistan to wage aggressive warfare against the Taliban that they expect could take years.
The Marines would like to deploy more than 15,000 troops if Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and Army Gen. David H. Petraeus, newly named head of the U.S. Central Command, approve. About 2,300 Marines have already been sent to ...
Rumsfeld is right, believe it or not, about Afghanistan
The Reaction —
... (I respect Kaplan as a serious, sober thinker on foreign and miliary policy. So I applaud Rumsfeld for agreeing with him, at least on some points.) But Rumsfeld is certainly right that there is an "emerging consensus" that more troops are needed in Afghanistan. It's what McCain supported, and it's also what Obama supports. To be sure, Obama clearly doesn't think that only sending more troops is the answer, but he will likely approve a troop increase -- and it does look like more troops are on the way. ...
Rumsfeld is Right, Believe It or Not, About Afghanistan
The Moderate Voice —
... thinker on foreign and miliary policy. So I applaud Rumsfeld for agreeing with him, at least on some points.) But Rumsfeld is certainly right that there is an “emerging consensus” that more troops are needed in Afghanistan. It’s what McCain supported, and it’s also what Obama supports. To be sure, Obama clearly doesn’t think that only sending more troops is the answer, but he will likely approve a troop increase — and it does look like more troops are on the way. ...
