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MORE TROOPS TO AFGHANISTAN

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By Bruce K. Gagnon (about the author)     Page 1 of 1 page(s)

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According to the Washington Post today, "The Pentagon is moving to get three of the four combat brigades requested by commanders into Afghanistan by summer, [War] Secretary Robert Gates said as he traveled here to meet with military leaders."

The plan is to add at least 20,000 more troops to the "good war" as quickly as possible.

The peace movement in the U.S. is far behind our counterparts in Canada, England, and throughout Europe in actively opposing this war that has now lasted even longer than the Iraq occupation.

Gates told the media, "I do believe there will be a requirement for sustained commitment here for some protracted period of time. How many years that is and how many troops that is I think nobody knows at this point."

There are 31,000 U.S. troops in Afghanistan, including 13,500 with the NATO-led coalition. Over 17,500 Afghan troops are fighting the Taliban who were essentially created and armed by policies of former Carter administration National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski.

The Democrats in Congress by and large do not oppose the Afghanistan war.

 

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Re: MORE TROOPS TO AFGHANISTAN by Munich on Thursday, Dec 11, 2008 at 2:55:11 PM
Sure is by Bruce K. Gagnon on Thursday, Dec 11, 2008 at 2:59:43 PM
Iran by EnceladusJ on Thursday, Dec 11, 2008 at 4:04:59 PM
Oh, Goodie by Deborah Wells on Thursday, Dec 11, 2008 at 5:51:01 PM
Re: MORE TROOPS TO AFGHANISTAN by Munich on Thursday, Dec 11, 2008 at 6:21:54 PM
Call it genocide by Bruce K. Gagnon on Thursday, Dec 11, 2008 at 6:29:43 PM
Re: MORE TROOPS TO AFGHANISTAN by Munich on Thursday, Dec 11, 2008 at 6:25:58 PM
Munich by EnceladusJ on Thursday, Dec 11, 2008 at 9:03:52 PM
Voting by William Whitten on Thursday, Dec 11, 2008 at 8:44:54 PM

 
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