RSSObama weighs Afghan strategy, not just troop buildup
From: The Washington Times | October 15, 2009
Intense debate has raged for weeks on whether President Obama should send 40,000 more troops to Afghanistan, but the dispute over numbers may be distracting attention from the more important decision he is facing: the need for a new strategy. “Additional forces are required, but focusing on force or resource requirements misses the point entirely,” Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, wrote in his now famous report to the president that was leaked to the press in September. Among the key decisions the president will make is whether to partner with an Afghan government hobbled by …
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