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Obama's Afghanistan Surge: Too Much Too Late?


First Posted: 12-24-08 11:13 AM   |   Updated: 01-24-09 05:12 AM

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Bloomberg:

Sending more U.S. forces to Afghanistan is an idea whose time has come. The question is whether the time when it could work has already gone.

President-elect Barack Obama, departing President George W. Bush and holdover Defense Secretary Robert Gates have backed a plan to send 20,000 or more troops next year. Those forces must confront an increasingly entrenched Taliban enemy and a population grown hostile to foreign troops after seven years of U.S.-led warfare.

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Sending more U.S. forces to Afghanistan is an idea whose time has come. The question is whether the time when it could work has already gone. President-elect Barack Obama, departing President George ...
Sending more U.S. forces to Afghanistan is an idea whose time has come. The question is whether the time when it could work has already gone. President-elect Barack Obama, departing President George ...
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