Obama To Send More Troops To Afghanistan - Pt. 2

November 30. 2009

According to the Wall Street Journal, U.S. President Barack Obama is leaning in the direction of sending 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan. This decision shall prove a fruitless mistake that follows him for years to come. Too much of a troop build up is detrimental to the nation's financial health and war weary psyche.

U.S. Cool to Surge in Afghanistan's Own Force

NOVEMBER 30, 2009 - White House Leaning Against Call to Double Nation's Police and Army, but Surge of Some 30,000 American Troops Is Likely

WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration has soured on a call from its top commander to double the size of the Afghan police and army, reflecting the White House's continued skepticism about the Afghan government even as the U.S. prepares a surge of troops into the country, people familiar with the matter say.

At an address at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point on Tuesday, President Barack Obama is expected to announce that he will send roughly 30,000 American reinforcements to Afghanistan in addition to the 21,000 he deployed early in his administration. The escalation would bring total U.S. forces to some 100,000, the largest American troop deployment to Afghanistan since the 2001 invasion that toppled the Taliban government....

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