President Barack Obama is considering sending more troops to Afghanistan Photo: AP Barack Obama may send just 10,000 troops to Afghanistan -- The Telegraph
Speculation is growing that Barack Obama will send only 10,000 extra US troops to Afghanistan, well short of the number requested by his military commander.
As the eighth anniversary fell of the first US military action against the Taliban and al-Qaeda, the president convened his national security team for a strategy meeting on Afghanistan and Pakistan.
White House aides suggested he was searching for a middle ground between a reduction in troops and sending the 40,000 reinforcements sought by Gen Stanley McChrystal, the Nato and US commander in Afghanistan.
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My Comment: Since yesterday .... when President Obama met Congressional leaders .... leaks and rumors are now the rule of the land in Washington. I am getting flooded with information that President Obama is going to cut forces (by a few thousand), to him accepting General McChystal's assessment that 40,000 additional troops will be required.
I do not know exactly what President Obama is going to do, and it is with this background that I am not going to post any more news bulletins until something more substantial is reported .... and reported with multiple sources.
As to when will the final decision be made officially .... my guess is just as good as yours.
1 comment:
Damn, at least he is not adding troops
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