U.S. Weighs Putting 70,000 Troops in Afghanistan

[Truth2Tell]

Source: The Wall Street Journal

By YOCHI J. DREAZEN

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama is weighing whether to deploy 10,000 more troops to Afghanistan but lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are questioning an increased commitment and seeking specific measures of progress against the deteriorating conditions in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

When President Obama took office, the U.S. had about 38,000 troops in Afghanistan. The White House has announced plans to send 21,000 reinforcements in coming months, increasing the tally to almost 60,000.

Mr. Obama will decide this fall whether to order 10,000 more troops to Afghanistan next year, senior Pentagon officials told a Senate panel Wednesday, bringing the total to almost 70,000.

Lawmakers sought benchmarks on U.S. efforts in the area. "How will we know if we're winning?" asked Sen. Susan Collins (R., Maine).

Read more: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123862771655080295.html

[AlphaCentauri]

1. I did say this when Jr. was president and I'll say it again

Stop the war bring the boys home!!!!

[cliffordu]

2. I dunno about this.....

[Truth2Tell]

3. dunno if it's a good idea... or if the story is reliable? nt

[cliffordu]

5. Afghanistan isn't called the graveyard of empires for nothing.

[Truth2Tell]

7. Agreed, just needed clarification.

:hi:

[cliffordu]

8. Donada..danada...???

Fuggeddaboutit!!!

:hi:

[saigon68]

12. Afghanistan

When you're wounded and left on Afghanistan's plains,
And the women come out to cut up what remains,
Jest roll to your rifle and blow out your brains
An' go to your Gawd like a soldier.
Go, go, go like a soldier,
Go, go, go like a soldier,
Go, go, go like a soldier,
So-oldier _of_ the Queen!

-- Rudyard Kipling

[martymar64]

4. Meanwhile, zero of our troops have left Iraq.

Is this hope and change? It looks like more death and murder from where I stand.

[rollingrock]

6. Looks like Obama is pullin a Nixon

campaign on ending the war, when in office refuse to end the war.

[cliffordu]

9. I did my tour after the little prick got elected.....

nixon, that is....

[saigon68]

13. Lots of deaths from 1968 on ------Nixon elected 1968

Vietnamization

That's where Nixon and his criminals gave SCUM PUPPETS like Kharzai millions of $$$$ that ended up in Swiss Banks

Then the same thugs and hoodlums bolted the country and lived large

while the Veterans of that sorry affair live in card board boxes and drink cheap wine with untreated PTSD

[cliffordu]

17. Yep.

[rollingrock]

18. Scumbag politicians

to them lying and deception comes as easily as breathing.

[rollingrock]

19. Many more will start theirs when Obama begins to escalate

sounds familiar, doesn't it?

[cliffordu]

23. We'll see....

[Vidar]

10. This one's even more unwinnable than Irag, Obama!

[OneBlueSky]

11. "can you say 'quagmire?' . . . I knew you could!" . . . Mr. Roberts . . . n/t

.

[Baclava]

14. When did Obama turn into a warmonger?

No Blood for Poppies!

[TheWatcher]

15. Well technically, he is giving you "Change"

He's "changing" the venue of quagmire from Iraq to Afghanistan, and possibly Pakistan.

Now, whether this is "Change You Can Believe In", well, that's a different discussion.

[Baclava]

21. Bombs away!

But we're OK.

Bombs Away, in Old Bombay

Guerrilla Girl hot and sweet




Like that

[4bucksagallon]

16. There are about 7 support troops for each combat troop.

So that means that 10,000 will be committed to combat and the rest will be republicans. You know the rear echelon chicken hawks, (pogies) we called them, that write home about how rough the war is, as they sit on their fat asses in their air conditioned huts guzzling the beer that was promised to the line troops. That was my experience from Vietnam. Still bitter I guess!

[sarcasmo]

20. Meet the new Boss, same as the old Boss.

[Rage for Order]

22. Now that's change I can believe in!

or not

:banghead: