President Obama Will Announce 34,000 More Troops To Afghanistan Next Week

President Barack Obama during a joint news conference with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of India at the White House on Tuesday. Luke Sharrett/The New York Times

Barack Obama To Send 34,000 More Troops To Afghanistan -- The Telegraph

Barack Obama will announce next Tuesday that the US is sending 34,000 extra troops to Afghanistan to "finish the job", in an announcement that will finally bring to an end three months of deliberation.

White House officials said the US president would address Americans in a live prime-time broadcast and outline a new strategy for ending the Afghan war, which began when US forces ousted the Taliban after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

Senior figures such as Robert Gates, the defence secretary, General Stanley McChrystal, commander of Nato forces in Afghanistan, and Karl Eikenberry, American ambassador to Kabul, are then expected to testify before Congress about the reasons behind the increase.

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More News On President Obama's Upcoming Decision On Afghanistan

Obama plans to send 34,000 more troops to Afghanistan -- McClatchy News
More Troops to Afghanistan, But What Will They Do? -- The Danger Room
Obama: Afghanistan Troop Announcement Coming Soon -- Voice of America
Obama poised to announce decision on Afghanistan -- The Guardian
Obama vows to 'finish the job' in Afghanistan -- AFP
Obama to 'finish the job' in Afghanistan -- BBC
US Afghan buildup may involve brigade per quarter -- Reuters
To surge or not? Reasons why Barack Obama delayed Afghan decision -- Times Online

My Comment: So the number is 34,000 soldiers .... a brigade to be sent each quarter .... and this will change the war in Afghanistan?

I am skeptical .....