Tuesday, October 20, 2009

More Troops = Second Afghan Election

The New York Times: Reports on the connection between the second Afghan election and the Obama decision for more troops, the NYT states that Afghan government was informed that the decision for more troops was based on the agreement for a second Afghan election, the NYT writes the following, "...Obama would not make a decision to add to the 68,000 American troops in the country until Mr. Karzai agreed to accept the election outcome. " Thus President Obama has his second election, as the UK has already stated that it is sending five hundred more troops to Afghanistan based on the assurance that the Obama Administration would follow through, will President Obama now agree to send the extra forty thousand troops as requested by General McChrystal.

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