Monday, September 21, 2009

McChrystal's Afghanistan Failure Warning

The situation in Afghanistan is serious and growing worse and without more boots on the ground the United States risks failure in a war it's been waging since shortly after the terror attacks of September 2001, Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan, says in a confidential report. http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1925115,00.html

Decisions will have to be made and soon if the military will be able to get the troop increase it needs to additional forces into Afghanistan. The campaign is behind the president and he will have to make the tough choice on whether to send additional forces to Afghanistan. Hopefully reports that have been circulated that had his administration had been telling the military to hold off asking for more troops are false so he can focus on domestic policy. If not then this president will face a political hornets nest!

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