"a substantial increase in troops is all but inevitable, but the precise number is less important than the message that an expansion and refocus of US commitment in Afghanistan would send"
Yes, YOUR SON or DAUGHTER, HUSBAND or WIFE, MOTHER or FATHER must DIE for AmeriKa's IMAGE!!!!!!!
"Obama leaning toward bolstering US force in Afghanistan, sources say" by Anne Gearan, Associated Press | November 10, 2009
WASHINGTON - Officials said a substantial increase in troops is all but inevitable, but the precise number is less important than the message that an expansion and refocus of US commitment in Afghanistan would send....
Administration officials told the Associated Press yesterday the deployment would most likely begin in January....
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President Obama is nearing a decision to add tens of thousands more forces to Afghanistan, although probably not the 40,000 sought by his top general there, as Pentagon planners work to prepare bases and provide equipment the troops would need in a country with scant resources....
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