Jonathan S. Landay, John Walcott and Nancy A. Youssef, McClatchy Newspapers: "President Barack Obama is nearing a decision to send more than 30,000 additional U.S. troops to Afghanistan next year, but he may not announce it until after he consults with key allies and completes a trip to Asia later this month, administration and military officials have told McClatchy."
http://www.truthout.org/1108091A
Rethinking Afghanistan: Alternatives to War
Robert Dodge, Truthout: "President Obama is reviewing the way forward in Afghanistan. His decision will define his presidency much as Vietnam defined the legacy of President Johnson's presidency in the 1960s. At a time when so much opportunity and necessity for change is at stake from health care reform to climate change legislation, education and nuclear weapons policy and the economy, the war and its costs will trump all."
http://www.truthout.org/110809C
The War Stampede
Norman Solomon, Truthout: "Disputes are raging within the Obama administration over how to continue the US war effort in Afghanistan. A new leak tells us that Washington's ambassador in Kabul, former four-star Gen. Karl Eikenberry, has cautioned against adding more troops while President Hamid Karzai keeps disappointing American policymakers. This is the extent of the current debate within the warfare state."
http://www.truthout.org/1112094
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U.S. Gen. Casey says more troops needed for Afghanistan
"I believe that we need to put additional forces into Afghanistan to give General McChrystal the ability to both dampen the successes of the Taliban while we train the Afghan civilian forces," Gen. Casey said on NBC's "Meet the Press."
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=2199215
Afghanistan: more troops may not be the answer, says Obama adviser
"You can keep on putting troops in, and you could have 200,000 troops there and Afghanistan will swallow them up as it has done in the past," he said, according to comments published by the magazine's website in English and German.
http://snipurl.com/t57i0
Afghan insurgents learn to destroy key U.S. armored vehicle
Taliban-led insurgents in Afghanistan have devised ways to cripple and even destroy the expensive armored vehicles that offer U.S. forces the best protection against roadside bombs by using increasingly large explosive charges and rocket-propelled grenades, according to U.S. soldiers and defense officials.
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/227/story/78443.html
Obama narrows US Afghan strategy to 4 options
Gen. Stanley McChrystal - the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan - has told the president that the U.S. mission there is headed for failure unless the president sends an additional 40,000 troops. Sources tell The Associated Press that the president will add tens of thousands more forces, though probably not quite the 40,000 McChystal is seeking.
http://snipurl.com/t6acv
US envoy warns against troop surge in Afghanistan
Memos from Eikenberry state extra troops 'not a good idea' until Karzai government tackles corruption, according to reports.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/nov/12/us-envoy-objects-afghan-surge
Why the Afghan Surge Will Fail
Before the Obama administration buys into General Stanley McChrystal's escalation strategy, it might spend some time examining the August 12 battle of Dananeh, a scruffy little town of 2,000 perched at the entrance to the Naw Zad Valley in Afghanistan's southern Helmand province.
http://www.fpif.org/fpiftxt/6571
From Information Clearing House
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Gorbachev gives Obama advice on Afghanistan
CNN News
11/08/09
As the American public and the global community await the completion of the Obama administration’s extensive review of U.S. military involvement in Afghanistan, Mikhail Gorbachev, the former president of the Soviet Union, said Sunday that, instead of sending more troops, Obama should begin to the lay the groundwork to withdraw from Afghanistan…. Instead of more troops, Gorbachev said the Soviets decided to emphasize domestic development in Afghanistan and promoting national reconciliation between the various clans in the country...
http://tinyurl.com/yjlp8qg
Afghanistan: US envoy objects to troop increase
Omaha World-Herald
11/11/09
The U.S. envoy in Afghanistan, a former Army general who once commanded troops in the country, has objected strongly to emerging plans to send tens of thousands of additional forces to the country, a senior U.S. official said Wednesday. Ambassador Karl Eikenberry resigned his Army commission to take the job as U.S. ambassador in Kabul earlier this year, and his is an influential voice among those advising President Barack Obama on Afghanistan...
http://tinyurl.com/y9qw349
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
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US Owned by Its Army
http://freepage.twoday.net/stories/6033675/
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Nobel Peace Laureate Obama Will Send 40K More Troops To War
Pointless "will he, won't he" debates ignore the fact that Obama has already deployed 34,000 additional troops to Afghanistan
Steve Watson
Infowars.net
Tuesday, Nov 10, 2009
Nobel Peace Prize winner Barack Obama has decided to send close to 40,000 more troops into Afghanistan over the course of 2010, according to insiders.
http://www.infowars.net/articles/november2009/101109Obama_troops.htm
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