[Peace-discuss] No (more) troops for Afghansitan

[C. G. Estabrook]

	Report: Gen. McChrystal Seeking Another 40,000 Troops for Afghanistan
	Obama Insists No Decision Pending
	by Jason Ditz, September 16, 2009

Despite claims earlier in the day from President Barack Obama that no ‘immediate 
decision’ was pending on Afghanistan, Fox News is quoting sources in the 
government as saying General Stanley McChrystal has already made his 
long-awaited troop request, and it’s a doozy.

Gen. McChrystal is now ‘privately’ requesting another 40,000 troops for the 
eight year old war, which would bring the overall US presence there to well over 
100,000 troops, and nearly triple the number in the nation with President Obama 
was elected last November.

The call’s “private” nature and President Obama’s protestation that no decision 
is pending are likely a function of growing Democratic opposition to the 
escalation. With polls showing a wide majority of Americans (and a dramatically 
larger majority of Democrats) now firmly against the war, several top ranking 
Congressmen are questioning the wisdom of continued escalation, and are 
expressing concern about the lack of concrete plans for an exit strategy...

http://news.antiwar.com/2009/09/16/report-gen-mcchrystal-seeking-another-40000-troops-for-afghanistan/