It's all about SENDING MORE TROOPS!!!!
"European allies back strategy, but mainly with words, not troops" by Associated Press | December 3, 2009
BRUSSELS - President Obama won flattering words but little solid firepower from European allies for his new Afghanistan strategy yesterday, as small countries pitched in small troop reinforcements but bigger armies held back.
The chief of NATO rallied behind Obama’s plan to send 30,000 more forces to Afghanistan, pledging 5,000 more from other NATO members. Poland was the biggest European ally to offer more forces - 600 combat-ready troops to beef up its existing 2,000-strong contingent in Afghanistan - in an apparent bid for more attention from a US administration sometimes seen as too removed from Europe’s concerns. “This is not just America’s war,’’ NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said - yet in many capitals, including Paris and Berlin, the answer to Obama’s plea was “Let’s wait and see.’’
European countries are cool to sending more soldiers to a war that often looks unwinnable and supporting an Afghan government tainted by corruption and election fraud. Some leaders are looking to an international conference on Afghanistan in London next month before promising any more troops. Much of the European reaction yesterday focused on the need for a political solution and to bolster Afghanistan’s own army and police. Some countries that committed no troops may later come up with police trainers or money for civilian projects.
The foreign ministers of 43 NATO nations and their allies in Afghanistan will meet late today to discuss the new strategy for Afghanistan and other issues. The NATO chief did not specify where the additional 5,000 alliance soldiers he pledged would come from or how many would be from Europe. The US now has 68,000 troops in Afghanistan, while other NATO members and allies collectively have 38,000. With the added reinforcements, the combined international force will grow to more than 140,000 soldiers. The Afghan army has about 94,000 troops, and is slated to expand to 134,000. The Afghan police number about 93,000. They face an estimated 25,000 Taliban insurgents.
Related: Boston Globe Censorship: Troops Outnumber Taliban
Yeah, HOW in the F*** are we "losing" this war, huh?
In a statement, the Taliban said Obama’s plan was “no solution for the problems of Afghanistan’’ and would give the insurgents an opportunity “to increase their attacks and shake the American economy which is already facing crisis.’’
That last bit is kinda cryptic, huh?
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, however, embraced Obama’s plan yesterday, calling it a balanced effort to achieve stability in the war-torn nation and praising the emphasis on strengthening Afghan institutions and security forces.
What an ABSOLUTE GLOBALIST TOOL to ENDORSE MORE MASS-MURDERING SLAUGHTER based on lies!
The top US commander in Afghanistan said yesterday that the Afghan government and its international partners should use the coming 18 months to convince the Taliban they can’t win and offer militants a way to quit the insurgency “with dignity.’’
That is the TALK of a LOSER!!!!!!!!
If this were true, we would be pounding them into the dirt and destroying them with no mercy!
This is PSY-OPS S***, readers!!!
General Stanley McChrystal said at the same time the US should support the Afghan government in a reintegration program to allow insurgents a way to return to society. “If you look at the end of most civil wars and insurgencies, I think that everybody needs a chance to come back with dignity and respect and rejoin society. I think that will be important for us to look forward to,’’ he said.
But we WON'T TALK to "Taliban" (whatever that means.)
Besides, I heard we were actually paying them.
Also see: U.S. Talking to Itself in Talks With Taliban
Militants' possession of Israeli arms raises questions
It sure does!!!
McChrystal said he met yesterday with President Hamid Karzai for nearly an hour and described the Afghan leader’s reaction as “really positive.’’
At a forward operating base in Wardak province, west of Kabul, some of McChrystal’s troops said yesterday that Obama’s decision offered hope that they can start leaving in 18 months - if the reinforcements can build up the Afghan army to protect civilians against the Taliban.
That is the MOST ORWELLIAN THING I've EVER READ!!!!
Yeah, who cares if the "deployments will be extended"
“Obama talking to the American people and the world shows that we have much greater direction,’’ said Sergeant Major Andrew Spano of Northborough, Mass. “The train has been going down the track for some time, but this just gives us more guidelines.’’
And here is your STOP-LOSS ORDER, son!!!
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Yes, DIE for a LIE, European nations!
"NATO to send more forces to Afghanistan, US special envoy says" by Slobodan Lekic, Associated Press | December 4, 2009
BRUSSELS - US special envoy Richard C. Holbrooke yesterday acknowledged that the war in Afghanistan is unpopular, given “the legacy of Iraq and Vietnam,’’ but he predicted that NATO allies will soon contribute more forces....
He spoke before a two-day meeting of NATO foreign ministers that opened yesterday. US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will brief the ministers today....
After NATO spokesman James Appathurai spoke, Italy - which has 2,800 troops in Afghanistan - announced that it will increase its contingent by about 1,000 soldiers starting next year. That will allow its force to take full responsibility for the Western region of Herat, Afghanistan, and reduce the commitment of US and British troops there.
Related: Italy Intimidated Out Afghanistan
I guess they did an about-face, huh?
Just crap fooleys so you would calm down, 'eh, hot-headed, antiwar Italians?
Armenia also announced it would send a small contingent of 40 troops to Afghanistan early next year, its first deployment as part of the international coalition.
So how much is NATO -- thus the U.S. -- paying them?
We are picking up the military tab for many countries, Amurkn, didn't you know that?
Still, many European countries have been reluctant to add large numbers of soldiers to a war that often looks unwinnable, and to support an Afghan government tainted by corruption and election fraud. Some leaders are waiting for an international conference on Afghanistan in London next month before promising any more troops.
“I understand that the war is unpopular,’’ Holbrooke said. “It’s a long way off, and there’s the legacy of Iraq and Vietnam.’’
And -- like them -- it is BASED on a DAMNABLE LIE!!!!
Vietnam had it GULF of TONKIN FALSE FLAG; Iraq had its WMD LIE; and Afghanistan is all based on that HORRIFIC HELL of an INSIDE JOB on 9/11!!!!
But.... France, Germany, and other West European nations spearheaded opposition to the US-led attack on Iraq in 2003, damaging relations between Washington and some of its closest allies.
Related: Prop 102: Iraq and Government Lies
Yeah, they PUBLICLY OPPOSED it while HELPING the U.S. EVERY STEP of the WAY!!!!
Yeah, GOVERNMENTS and NEWSPAPERS LIE!
They LIE RIGHT to your FACE!!!
But unlike Al Qaeda, the enemies in Iraq and Vietnam did not pose a direct danger to the security of allied nations, Holbrooke said....
PERFECT EXAMPLE!!!
Brigadier General Eric Tremblay, the spokesman for the 83,000-strong NATO force in Afghanistan, said other priorities include retaining troops in the government’s army....
Excuse me, RETRAINING troops?!
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Yeah, let's THROW AWAY MORE MONEY and BLOOD, you damn fools!!!
And what do you know; my SLOW SATURDAY edition ACTUALLY REPORTS the NEW OFFENSIVE!
"NATO augments Afghan war force; Promises 7,000 additional troops" by Robert Burns, Associated Press | December 5, 2009
BRUSSELS - NATO allies will bolster the American troop surge in Afghanistan by sending at least 7,000 soldiers of their own, officials said yesterday....
The promises were made as US Marines and Afghan troops launched the first offensive since President Obama announced a 30,000-troop American increase. The Marines and Afghan forces struck Taliban communications and supply lines yesterday in an insurgent stronghold in southern Afghanistan....
How odd seeing as we are PAYING THEM to PROTECT OURS!!!!
Sure is a GOOD WAY to keep a WAR GOING, isn't it?
At least 150 Afghan troops joined about 1,000 Marines in yesterday’s offensive in Helmand Province, said a spokesman for the Afghan governor there, Daood Ahmadi. He said the bodies of four slain Taliban had been recovered and more than 300 mines and roadside bombs turned up by last evening.
That's it?
The new offensive aims to cut off the Taliban communication routes through Helmand and disrupt their supply lines, especially those providing explosives for the numerous lethal roadside bombs, or improvised explosive devices, that litter the area, known by Marines as “IED Alley.’’
Hundreds of Marines were dropped by helicopter and MV-22 Osprey aircraft behind Taliban lines in the northern end of the Now Zad Valley of Helmand Province, scene of heavy fighting last summer, according to Major William Pelletier, Marine spokesman.
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In another war development, US officials said the Obama administration may expand missile strikes on Al Qaeda and the Taliban inside Pakistan and will focus on training Pakistan’s forces in a border area where militants have been aiding the Afghan insurgency.
Please RETURN that NOBEL PRIZE, you MASS-MURDERING F***!!!!!!
Related: Obama ‘to expand drone strikes’ in Pakistan
Pakistan Slams US Plans to Expand Drone Strikes
That will be used against them.
In Washington, Bryan Whitman, Pentagon spokesman, said yesterday’s offensive was a continuation of operations, not a direct result of Obama’s new war strategy. But, he added, the assault was “consistent with the strategy that the president laid out.’’
Yup, LEFT HIM by GEORGE W. BUSH!!
In Washington, there has been growing discussion of a need to expand the use of airborne missile-equipped drones in volatile regions of Pakistan, Afghanistan’s neighbor.
So he is NOT ONLY ESCALATING the MISSILE ATTACKS, he ALSO ESCALATED the TROOPS!!!
The CIA has already accelerated the pace of its drone attacks in Pakistan’s federally administered tribal areas this year....
In Brussels, US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton told allied foreign ministers that it was essential that contributions to the war effort be provided as quickly as possible....
I'm going to start calling her Hawk. Hawk Hitlery.
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