Democrats Having Second Thoughts On Afghanistan 

November 28. 2009

According to a report published in the London Times, a number of U.S. President Barack Obama's fellow Democrats, are not in agreement with a potential troop surge in Afghanistan.

If Obama is not careful, Afghanistan shall turn into what Iraq become for disgraced former President, George W. Bush. America nor Afghanistan can afford any more causalities and financial loss. The Judiciary Report is of the belief, President Obama, is getting some very bad advice.

Democrats in revolt over Barack Obama’s troop surge

November 29, 2009 - Barack Obama's much-vaunted eloquence faces the biggest test of his presidential career this week when he takes to the stage at West Point military academy to explain to a nation that thought it had elected an anti-war president why he is escalating the conflict in Afghanistan.

After almost three months of agonising, nine war councils and endless leaks, the president will finally make his views known on Tuesday when he is expected to announce that he is sending about 30,000 more troops. This will push up American forces to 100,000 and the total number of allied forces to almost 140,000, as many troops as the Soviet Union had in Afghanistan...

Obama’s toughest challenge will be to win over his most loyal political supporters. He is facing a growing revolt in the Democratic party over why the US needs to be in Afghanistan at all when the real threat — Al-Qaeda — is in Pakistan, and over the spiralling cost in both lives and dollars...

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