Issues Statement ??Respectfully Disagreeing' with President Obama's Costly Troop Increase
Washington ??Tonight, U.S. Congressman Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) issued the following statement following President Obama's speech announcing orders to substantially increase troops in Afghanistan:
??I respectfully disagree that the path to peace and security can be found through a wider war that can be largely completed in a mere 18 months. The better exit strategy is to have fewer troops who need to exit. With some allies already preparing to depart as we expand, most of the blood spilt will remain American. We should honor the sacrifice of those courageously serving by putting fewer of them in harm's way. It shouldn't take 100,000 Americans to overcome 100 al Qaeda. All this effort props up a corrupt Karzai government that just stole over a million votes to stay in power but controls only a fourth of the country. Afghanistan can consume as many lives and as many dollars as we are willing to expend there, and leave our families no safer. ?
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