US commander weighs more troops in Afghan war

Source: AFP

US commander weighs more troops in Afghan war

By Dan De Luce (AFP) – 1 hour ago

WASHINGTON — The commander of US and NATO forces in Afghanistan is weighing advice that thousands of additional American forces are needed to prevail in the fight against insurgents.

A number of analysts who helped draft an assessment for the new commander, General Stanley McChrystal, are publicly advocating a major increase in US troop numbers in Afghanistan -- a politically-sensitive proposal that could meet resistance in the White House and Congress.

A prominent Washington military analyst who was part of the assessment effort, Anthony Cordesman, said it was crucial that more combat brigade teams -- which range from 3,000 to 5,000 troops -- be deployed as part of a shift in strategy.

"Certainly there's a need for more US combat brigade teams. Exactly how many I think is a calculation that the military were making when I left," Cordesman, recently returned from Afghanistan, told AFP.

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WTF does Obama believe he's doing in Afganistan?? We need to get out of there ASAP.

can do what the britain and russia empires failed to do? will we fail?

When will we ever learn?

The lessons are clear.

Empires have no ears. And no consciences.

But ain't nobody gonna be doin' shit about it...

Too much money to be made by the military-industrial-complex... Building the tools of the trade...

Too much bowing and scraping to the "warriors" - the War Machine -- they who have an overly expensive hammer and therefore think that every job requires a hammer... Like this McChrystal guy... or even worse, the bat-shit crazy general who was on NPR last week talking about how every civilian in Afghanistan is probably a "combatant"...

Bread and Circuses -- these stupid fucking wars are part of the Circuses part...

Fear...

Irrationality...

Money, money, money...

But ain't nobody gonna be doin' shit about it...

I am waiting for the 'light at the end of the tunnel' speech.