Obama's Afghan Decision Not Likely Before Nov. 11

[Hissyspit]

Source: Reuters

Obama's Afghan decision not likely before November 11

Sat Oct 31, 2009 7:33pm EDT

By Ross Colvin

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama is unlikely to make a decision on his Afghanistan strategy and sending thousands more troops there before he embarks on his trip to Asia on November 11, a senior administration official said on Saturday.

The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, stressed that while a decision was unlikely before then, it had not been ruled out.

With violence this year reaching its worst levels in Afghanistan since the Taliban was ousted by U.S.-backed Afghan forces in 2001, Obama is under pressure to spell out U.S. plans.

It is unclear if Obama would wait until he returned from his November 11 -20 trip to unveil his decision or announce it while he was traveling in the region.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSTRE59J59D20091031

[Flaneur]

1. Now Abdullah Abdullah has thrown a huge wrench in the works.

With his call to boycott the elections. Looks like the political uncertainty will be indefinite.

Kinda hard to send tens of thousands of troops to go fight and die for a corrupt and illegitimate regime.

[Solly Mack]

2. The headline brought to mind, the 11th hour, 11th day, 11th month

K&R

because it just did, that's why...