The New York Times: Reports that the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Admiral Mullen has described the present situation in Afghanistan as getting worse. The NYT writes the following, " Top American commanders have been making similar grim pronouncements for months, but Admiral Mullen’s remark came amid the election,.....strategy review by General..... McChrystal..." As noted in previous post in seems that the New Labour Government wont send more troops as needed in operational theatre by our commanders, lets hope President Obama has the backbone to follow the recommendations of this Theatre Commander. The reaction to the military report by General McChrystal by the Obama White House will show if President Obama is serious about winning in Afghanistan, if the need for more troops is not meet then the Taliban will know that Obama is not serious about Afghanistan and that they can wait out the Obama Administration.
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