Obama’s Afghan Troop-Surge Plan May Prove Too Much, Too Late -- A Commentary

From Bloomberg:

Dec. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Sending more U.S. forces to Afghanistan is an idea whose time has come. The question is whether the time when it could work has already gone.

President-elect Barack Obama, departing President George W. Bush and holdover Defense Secretary Robert Gates have backed a plan to send 20,000 or more troops next year. Those forces must confront an increasingly entrenched Taliban enemy and a population grown hostile to foreign troops after seven years of U.S.-led warfare.

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