Fox News: Reports that US Commander in Afghanistan, General McChrystal has asked for another thirty to forty thousand troops in theatre to work through his new strategy for Afghanistan. This is a major problem for President Obama, on the one hand he has used the support of his National Security structure to change US policy on Missile Defence, now his national security team will ask for a major increase in troops for Afghanistan. On the other hand his Liberal base are anti any war, they see Iraq and Afghanistan as Bush 43 wars, thus they want out. After health care, Afghanistan will define the Obama Presidency, will he have the backbone to stand up to his Liberal base or will he be weak and make the US and the West weak for the next four years.
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