BRIDGE SECURITY - U.S. Army Sgt. Carl Goss secures an area near a bridge construction site in Zabul province, Afghanistan, March 13, 2011. Goss, assigned to Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul, 181st Infantry Regiment, also is a member of the Massachusetts Army National Guard. U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Adrian CadizANALYSIS: U.S. Commanders Want More Troops as Afghan Withdrawal Date Nears -- ABC News
Officers Believe Withdrawal of Troops Will Be in the Hundreds, Not Thousands.
Field commanders in Afghanistan are asking for more troops, ABC News has learned. Some are openly challenging the wisdom of withdrawing any U.S. forces by the July 11 date set by the administration. A senior official tells ABC that a substantial reduction is now "unlikely."
President Obama agreed to send an additional 30,000 troops in December 2009. The number was widely seen as a "cap," but since that time another 1,400 Marines have been sent to the war zone and 700 or so support troops have added to the total number.
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My Comment: The slaughter in Afghanistan is only getting worse, and with field commanders now making their voices known that they want more troops, any withdrawal will probably only be symbolic. For President Obama .... this is rapidly becoming a quagmire that will require radical thinking on his part to change change the dynamics on the ground .... but my gut tells me (unfortunately) that he is not up to the task.