President Obama to send 12,000 US troops to Afghanistan

[Enigma]

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/17/obama.troops/index.html

"This increase is necessary to stabilize a deteriorating situation in Afghanistan, which has not received the strategic attention, direction and resources it urgently requires," Obama said in a written statement.
"The Taliban is resurgent in Afghanistan, and al Qaeda supports the insurgency and threatens America from its safe-haven along the Pakistani border."
Obama added that the troop increase in Afghanistan would be made possible in part by the impending troop drawdown in Iraq.

[Onkel Neal]

Good move, Obama.

[Enigma]

agreed.

[baggygreen]

hooray! now he just needs to do this another 5 times, and the rest of NATO start contributing a few people who can move outside their bases, and problem will be well on the way to fixed

[Stealth Hunter]

Well at least we're FINALLY going to start leaving Iraq.

[Spike88]

I concur that its a good move.

[Fr8monkey]

'Bout time! We should have sent all the troops we sent to Iraq to Asscrackistan to get the real bad guys.

[RHill389]

'Bout time! We should have sent all the troops we sent to Iraq to Asscrackistan to get the real bad guys.

Well Said! :salute:

[baggygreen]

news.com.au is reporting 17,000 now, up from the 12 initially reported?

[A Very Super Market]

Woo-hoo. Your Northern neighbours are getting lonely in the Poppy fields...:D

[Skybird]

The Russians refer to their experiences and say it will not make any difference, since it cannot be won militarily. I say you cannot win it without neutralising the Pakistani variable in the formula. And if somebody thinks it can be won militarily alone, he most likely will be proven wrong.

[Kapt Z]

news.com.au is reporting 17,000 now, up from the 12 initially reported?

I thought I heard 17,000 tonite on PBS.

Tough situation with Pakistan almost as unstable and they already have the bomb.