U.S. allies must send more troops to Afghanistan: NATO

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Source: Reuters

BERLIN (Reuters) – Allies of the United States must follow its lead and boost their troop levels in Afghanistan, NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said on Thursday.

President Barack Obama is expected to announce on Tuesday that he will send an additional 30,000 troops to help stabilize Afghanistan, where violence has surged to its deadliest levels since the Taliban were ousted in 2001.

The New York Times reported on Thursday that Obama was also seeking about 10,000 additional troops from NATO allies, but was unlikely to get more than half that number.

Speaking at a news conference in Berlin after talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Rasmussen said he was contacting members of NATO and pressing them to support Washington with more soldiers.


Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091126/ts_nm/us_afghanistan_nato

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1. Hear the drumbeats of war.

Sick that Democrats are doing it this time.

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2. NATO should tell Obama if he wants endless wars without end he's on his own nt

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3. ooops - duplicate. sorry.

Source: reuters

BERLIN (Reuters) – Allies of the United States must follow its lead and boost their troop levels in Afghanistan, NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said on Thursday.

President Barack Obama is expected to announce on Tuesday that he will send an additional 30,000 troops to help stabilize Afghanistan, where violence has surged to its deadliest levels since the Taliban were ousted in 2001.

The New York Times reported on Thursday that Obama was also seeking about 10,000 additional troops from NATO allies, but was unlikely to get more than half that number.

Speaking at a news conference in Berlin after talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Rasmussen said he was contacting members of NATO and pressing them to support Washington with more soldiers.


Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091126/ts_nm/us_afghanistan_nato

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the italian government is considering additional troops, but in a very "cold" way.
the truth is that no governments in europe want to engage there more than already done. the black pond into which the mission is sinking is about to touch their chin, so to speak.

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4. Obama Needs to Smarten Up & End the War NOW!