Posted on 11/09/2009 4:48:14 PM PST by Shellybenoit
Better late than never (I hope). According to CBS sources when the President comes back from his trip to China, he will announce his new plan for Afghanistan. Thankfully it looks as if President Obama will give his hand picked General close to what he asked for
CBS News correspondent David Martin reports that the president will send a lot more troops and plans to keep a large force there, long term.
The president still has more meetings scheduled on Afghanistan, but informed sources tell CBS News he intends to give Gen. Stanley McChrystal most, if not all, the additional troops he is asking for.
McChrystal wanted 40,000 and the president has tentatively decided to send four combat brigades plus thousands more support troops. A senior officer says "that's close to what [McChrystal] asked for." All the president's military advisers have recommended sending more troops.
The Administration will continue to press Afghan President Hamid Karzai cleans up his government.
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That’s going to p*ss off the DUmmies, KOSkids and pinko campus crowd.
so what was he jacking us all around for?
Just to show McCrystal “who Da Boss be”?
After an Islamic terrorist shoots up a US military base, Obama not sending more troops would look bad, esp after he dithered for so long. Hasan unwittingly screwed up Obama’s plan and caused more troops to be send. Obama, like Clinton, does nothing unless it is politically calculated.
Unfortunately I suspect you’re right.
Besides, saying they’ll be sent is a long way from setting foot on the ground in Afghanistan.
Yep, that’s the reason.
Btw, Hasan’s spirtual advisor is praising the actions of the Allah Akbar shooter.
http://michellemalkin.com/
The current occupant was waiting for the health care debacle vote.
Damn him
Probably means that Obama isn’t pushing for a Senate vote on Healthcare anytime soon. He’s going to have to give the Kos-kids time to finsh hyperventilating.
A decision and leak inspired by the events at Ft. Hood. They may not have died in vain God rest their souls.
He’s been asking for the bill by the end of the year.
He thinks he’s playing us.
In the meantime he is garnering distrust in spades.
He was waiting until after the elections last week to delay pissing off the left. He was willing to delay this for 3 months for that reason alone. Purely political. The islamic turd.
Elections showed he better fear the right more than his left wing buddies
Can't have those armed, trained "Right Wing Extremists" back on domestic soil, eh Barry?
Somebody might get the idea to take their oath to defend the Constitution from all enemies, foreign and domestic, literally.
Can't have that. It's counter-revolutionary.
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