No peace prizes here: US marines fight Taliban forces in Helmand. Photo: ReutersPartisan Divide Persists On US Troop Surge For Afghanistan -- Breitbart/AFP
US Republican Senator John McCain warned Sunday that a failure to dispatch more US troops to Afghanistan would be "an error of historic proportions" but Democrats expressed caution about any surge.
"I think the great danger now is not an American pullout," McCain told CNN television.
"I think the great danger now is a half-measure... trying to please all ends of the political spectrum."
President Barack Obama's top military commander in Afghanistan, General Stanley McChrystal, is widely believed to be seeking up to 40,000 more troops for the conflict, and McCain warned against refusing his request.
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My Comment: This is the problem when important decisions are delayed .... lines get drawn in Washington, and politics becomes the game to play.