Obama wants a surge of his own
AntiWar.Com
by Charles Pena
02/11/09
On Super Bowl Sunday, President Barack Obama said most U.S. troops in Iraq would be home in time to watch Super Bowl XLIV. Yet a day later he was conferring with Secretary of Defense Robert Gates about plans for adding another 15,000 troops in Afghanistan (Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Michael Mullen believes as many as 30,000 additional troops are needed in Afghanistan). Although Obama has previously been critical of the surge strategy in Iraq, he seems to believe that a similar course of action will be successful in Afghanistan …
https://www.antiwar.com/pena/?articleid=14226
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Obama
https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Robert+Gates
https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=troop+surge
https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Afghanistan
https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Michael+Mullen
https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Charles+Pena
by Charles Pena
02/11/09
On Super Bowl Sunday, President Barack Obama said most U.S. troops in Iraq would be home in time to watch Super Bowl XLIV. Yet a day later he was conferring with Secretary of Defense Robert Gates about plans for adding another 15,000 troops in Afghanistan (Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Michael Mullen believes as many as 30,000 additional troops are needed in Afghanistan). Although Obama has previously been critical of the surge strategy in Iraq, he seems to believe that a similar course of action will be successful in Afghanistan …
https://www.antiwar.com/pena/?articleid=14226
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Obama
https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Robert+Gates
https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=troop+surge
https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Afghanistan
https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Michael+Mullen
https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Charles+Pena
rudkla - 12. Feb, 09:19
