Another 20,000 US Troops for Afghanistan
Gen. McChrystal Seeks 20,000 More Troops for Afghanistan
Plan Will Test War-Weary Public, Over-Stretched Military
by Jason Ditz, August 28, 2009
According to a report in the Saturday edition of the Independent, top US commander in Afghanistan General Stanley McChrystal will request another 20,000 troops for the war effort in Afghanistan, on top of the escalation already provided by President Obama, when he issues his new “plan” for the nation.
Gen. Stanley McChrystalShortly after taking office President Obama approved the addition of another 17,000 to the war effort as part of an attempt to turn around the sagging war effort. He added another further 4,000 troops in March as part of his new “comprehensive strategy” at the time.
Needless to say, the strategy did not work, and the situation in Afghanistan has continued to worsen. Gen. McKiernan was ousted in May, and Gen. McChrystal was put in place to attempt yet another new strategy. The release of that strategy has been delayed, but has long been assumed to be another escalation, which the administration seems only too eager to oblige.
At the same time, three high profile polls show that the American public, long supportive of the military effort in Afghanistan, has had enough and is now firmly opposed to the conflict’s continuation. Though the war seems far from foremost in the minds of many voters right now, a further escalation could have political consequences down the road.
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When I see the statement "20,000 more 'troops'" I convert it
to 20,000 more young men and women--sons, fathers, husbands brothers, daughters, mothers, wives, sisters, and friends.
It is sickening what we are doing to young families!
Objections to war sure are quite now that Bush is
out of office and Obama is in.
Don't you know it is ok for a Democratic Party President to wage war at least according to the anti-war factions.
"The deepest sin against the human mind is to believe things without evidence." Thomas H. Huxley
Good news
We need the natural resources, including poppies to fund CIA covert operations SO much, we'll do whatever it takes.
CIA, Drugs, Wall Street & 9-11
http://www.archive.org/details/MichaelC.RuppertIntroduction
The real reason they are sending more troops
They know what is coming and they fear the military and national guard. They are the ones that can make a difference for We the People and they do not want them here. Keep sending them off to be killed for a futile and meaningless war while the real one brews right here.
"There can be only one permanent revolution - a moral one: The regeneration of the inner man."
—Tolstoy
"The body is but a vessel for the soul,
A puppet which bends to the soul's tyranny.
And lo, the body is not eternal,
For it must feed on the flesh of others,
Lest it return to the dust whence it came.
Therefore the soul deceives and despises."
45000
The original plan for the surge was for 45K.
They put in around 17K or whatever it was so far, but this is just a slow phase in.
We Need To Take To The Streets
and protest .....September 5
who cares if the Republicans will think we are fools (they already do)
Listen To This Interview
http://antiwar.com/radio/2009/08/28/james-ostrowski/
I hate these wars
A girl at my work just found out her husband is deploying to Afghanistan. She was very pissed off. I later explained the fact that Obama was portrayed as the candidate that would end the wars while he himself stated many times he would expand the war in Afghanistan. When I mentioned RP she said: "I know that guy, he ran for president! He was awesome!" It was great.
anti-war protests would be a great idea.
bump for peace
& freedom*))
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"How can we justify to the unemployed and underemployed in the United States the incredible cost of maintaining a global empire?" - Dr. Ron Paul
Go To Hell General, Sir
easy for me to say huh?
He's not my Commander 'n Chief. General, Sir!
We are fighting the wrong war, the wrong enemy, General, Sir!
The war is at home!
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update:
"Flight Surgeon Cpt Connie Rhodes, MD refuses to be deployed to Iraq until Obama’s legitimacy for the position of the Commander in Chief is verified"
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