The President may make troop announcement on December 1st…could include up to 34,000 over a 9 month period…..
The media is now carrying the story, that after the presidents meeting with his National Security team last night, there could be a final roll out of his troop request for Afghanistan, on around December 1st.….The number mentioned is between 20,000 to a more likely figure of 34,000 troops…..included in the figure is two Army battalions and a Marine Battalion…..it is unknown if the larger figure includes 3,000 to 5,000 NATO troops from the Europeans….in deference to the US Ambassador to Afghanistan and the State Department there will be an exit plan include in the roll out.
I said about two weeks ago and I’ll mention it again…..The Commander-in-Chief essentially gave General McChrystal what he wanted….There is a huge political gamble that he will succeed for the next two years in gaining a foothold on the region. The General has to happy the Pakistani’s have had a successful military campaign in the last few weeks in their country…..But the major problem will be still be Afghanistan where american and NATO troop sustain casualties every week….
The election, the economy, the war…the president rolls along……309 days ……
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Smart move to avoid debate amongst households during Turkey Day
Obama is the definitely the slickest president in my lifetime
he’s a politician…yea……
there isn’t going to be much of a debate..he’s gonna get the troops…even if the republican’s put him over the top……
the majority of republicans have been a bad influence on Barack when it comes to Afghanistan
they have been egging him on to continue and escalate the war
and he will need their help to move ahead while the democratic support will be fractured…..
They are not helping matters they are hurting Barry’s legacy and the lives of soldiers.
TPL….you mean your friends on the right are not doing the right thng?…..NO!!!…that can’t be!