US military chief wants more troops for Afghan war

President Barack Obama's top military adviser endorsed an increase in U.S. forces for the worsening war in Afghanistan on Tuesday, setting up a split with leading Democrats in Congress and complicating an already-tough decision for the president himself. http://apnews.myway.com/article/20090915/D9AO0AMO0.html

A decision has to me made soon whether to back the troop increase that Gen McChrystal, the ground commander of both American and NATO forces on his assessment that he delivered to the President. A troop increase is needed, but with the decision to send troops we also have to have a viable civil military operation plan that incorporates both military and civilian objectives. What we can’t do is play partisan politics with how we move forward in Afghanistan; if we do we will lose.