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Carl Andrews | October 9, 2009
On the weekend of Oct. 3, Taliban fighters in northern Afghanistan launched a mini-Tet Offensive against American troop bases. Over 300 terrorists and their allies stormed the bases in an attack that started in a nearby mosque, which had been used to store weapons and ammunition. While the American soldiers repelled the invaders, they suffered heavy casualties: eight deaths, plus two Afghan Army officers killed and 12 missing Afghan National Policemen. It was one of the deadliest days of fighting since the start of the war.
For the last several weeks, high-ranking members of the military establishment have called for a troop “surge” in Afghanistan similar to the surge in Iraq. Last week, Gen. Stanley McChrystal, promoted by Obama in June 2009 to command all U.S. forces in Afghanistan, rejected Vice President Joe Biden’s suggestion that allied forces rely on airstrikes rather than increased troop levels in Afghanistan. “A strategy that does not leave Afghanistan in a stable position is probably a short-sighted strategy,” McChrystal stated…Read the rest of this entry
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Doing the will of the american people always looks bad to extremists. Will he get reelected? Yes. It takes a conservative with a warped and useless mind to say that’s why he is doing it. Get a life.
Doing the will of the American people Obama is eh?
Let’s debunk that little lie in your little brain ok?
Just 43% of the American public thinks Obama is doing a good job with regards to national security.
Just 31% say America is on the right track.
When it comes to sending more troops it is pretty much split.
No, liberals would never use our soldiers as political pawns right craig? They have NEVER done that right? I think you need to get outside your little bubble right now. The military is screaming for more troops and Obama is sitting on his thumbs. But your “warped and useless mind” cannot seem to understand that.