From the American Spectator:
Among the many things President-elect Barack Obama will have to address is that Afghanistan, his preferred war site, is going to cause far more trouble for his administration than he has been willing, or able, to recognize.
Obama's military analysis in July that the United States might have to commit "at least an additional two combat brigades" is supported by September's projection of two or three additional brigades by the commander of the NATO-led international force, Gen. David McKiernan The numbers are a bit confusing because McKiernan was talking about U.S. troops in excess of the 3,700 members of the 10th Mountain Division whose ETA is January '09. Current figures of U.S. troops in-country is 33,000.
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Among the many things President-elect Barack Obama will have to address is that Afghanistan, his preferred war site, is going to cause far more trouble for his administration than he has been willing, or able, to recognize.
Obama's military analysis in July that the United States might have to commit "at least an additional two combat brigades" is supported by September's projection of two or three additional brigades by the commander of the NATO-led international force, Gen. David McKiernan The numbers are a bit confusing because McKiernan was talking about U.S. troops in excess of the 3,700 members of the 10th Mountain Division whose ETA is January '09. Current figures of U.S. troops in-country is 33,000.
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