CBS News: Obama Has Decided To Send Almost 40,000 Troops To Afghanistan

CBS News:

President Obama has settled on a new strategy for Afghanistan. CBS News correspondent David Martin reports that the president will send a lot more troops and plans to keep a large force there, long term.

Read the whole story: CBS News

Comments

[Roses]

Wasn't there a story on HuffPo that Obama would send about 40000 troops? Just a few weeks ago?

Oh........­now I don't know who to believe...­..HuffPo or HuffPo!

[duxguts]

If President Obama send 40,000 more troops, doesn't it become his war now?

[philoffal]

Video: Ex-UK ambassador explains Karzai and his ministers control most of the illegal drug trade

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNYES8KOIqY

[Avembe]

http://costofwar.com/

[skialethia]

Deployment will take 4 years...I repeat 4 years! That means the war will last 4 years pluuuus the time it takes for those troop increases to accomplish this mission whatever it may be, probably nation-building like Iraq.

So let's say that it takes a minimum of 4 more years to accomplish anything. That's 8 more years of war mi ni mum plus 35-50,000 stationed in Iraq indefinitely! According to different opinions this war might last another 10 years minimum! Together with the 8 years that already passed that's 18 YEARS!!! 18 years war and waste in Aghanistan­...whyyyyy­y????

This is the most disastrous, ridiculous decision ever made. It is politically driven to appease the right, and to attempt to salvage this term, and even if were driven to route out AQ (which it's not, since common knowledge dictates they moved on), neither motivations will accomplish what they seek.

[skialethia]

....contin­ued

Obama will sink his Presidency with this war and be limited to one term, since the right will h8 him even more and he is alienating so many who supported him and feel betrayed by many of his decisions. Militarily, it will continue to stretch these troops psychologically, and hundreds more more servicepeople will come home in flag-draped c0ffins.

But worst of all are the thousands of civilians who will suffer and lose their lives in this surge and escalation.

This a disgusting, deplorable decision destined to mire the country in more debt, further division and alienate so many who returned to the political process hopeful that he would lead us out of these wars and we could close the book on the disaster of the past 8 years. Instead he's just prolonging the misery and apathy for political gain with the right! What a useless endeavor!

He will go down in history for this terrible decision and just blew his 2nd term. What a waste of all our energy and funds getting him elected!

[onwardsandupwards]

No decision has been made yet.

Click on the link, and read the first paragraph.

CBS has jumped the gun - again.

[skialethia]

Who are you kiddding??? Did you listen to his speech today? He was laying out the groundwork perfectly! Some experts in the media read the same thing as I read. How naive do you think we are and how gullible are you?

[research]

Plenty of money for war, never enough for Main Street.

War is the USA's largest industry.

The USA spends more on war than the rest of the world combined.

The USA's governmnet is for sale to the highest bidder: A Plutocracy, not a democracy nor a Republic.

The USA is bringing Plutocracy to the world.

[RTIII]

Well, don't just post here about it, call Obama and COMPLAIN!
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[Changein2012]

Obama to speak soon at the Fort Hood Memorial.

[PrairieView]

Obama said he wanted a new strategy. He has not announced (or leaked) any new strategy yet. I doubt he would decide troop numbers without an airing of the new strategy.

One thing is for certain. The more troops Obama sends, the sooner we run out of money and go bankrupt. If we are going to occupy Afghanistan for generations then we need less troops.

[Keith Mayass]

and how many more so-called "contractors" ??

funny that the mercenaries are never included in the number given to the media , even though they are at least the same amount or more as the soldiers sent...

[evekendall]

Correct. And they cost far more per person.

[Dem4Lyfe]

BUSH LITE!

[Changein2012]

We are witnessing the Big Liberal War Machine in action!

I guess KIA's don't matter as long as a (D) is in the Whitehouse.

[onwardsandupwards]

If you truly believe that, you are one sick dud!

[onwardsandupwards]

If you truly believe that, then you are one si.ck dud.

[AirForce Vet]

Life is a precious thing, regardless of who and what party is in the White House.

[fem56]

I have heard that this isn't even true.

[onwardsandupwards]

No decision has yet been made.

Click on the link, and read the first two paragraphs.

[dutchman]

Dear Mr. Obama,

I do not envy the decision on your plate. And I am glad you are being deliberative, because no matter which direction you choose, there will be more misery awaiting the poor Afghans and more haatred directed towards the US.

But I beg you, please, Mr. Obama, do not base your decisions on what America's few remaining conservatives think. They will undermine you no matter what, and it's pretty clear that they do not America's best interests at heart, only their own.

While I understand and sometimes applaud your desire to be inclusive in your decision making, let's not make this about being "bi-partisan" and instead about doing what best for America, Afghanistan and the rest of the world.

Sincerely,

A concerned citizen

[onwardsandupwards]

Agreed - 100%.

I wish President Obama well, in making this "lose-lose-lose" decision.

[chedet]

Taliban is still going strong, innocent afghans are still suffering. Didn't we promise these people freedom and liberty? Everytime this country goes to war, it has never won that war. WW2 doesn't count as it involves the collaboration of several countries. With all the impressive equipments we have, we can't even get Osama bin Laden. Where we could have concentrate in just one war, we had to go and start another war for reasons still vague. Then we blame muslim countries for being angry at us. Most of them were fine with the invasion of Afghanistan anyway. Iraq was another story. Imagine the amount of lives and money that could have been saved.

British had taken their troops out from Iraq, Canada will be taking theirs out from Afghanistan by next year. Gordon Brown is under immense pressure about the british troops in afghanistan. If they decided to pull out whose going to be by our side?

[aflyinyoursoup]

"...we had to go and start another war for reasons still vague..."
The reasons are crystal clear:
http://www.ringnebula.com/Oil/Timeline.htm

[bastalready]

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[digital]

Send in 500,000 troops and get the job done right....h­eck, send in 2,000,000

So how long do we have to stay there before we leave?

When is the 'Mission Accomplished?'

[onwardsandupwards]

At the moment, I believe it is "Mission Impossible­."

[aflyinyoursoup]

Actually, it's 'Mission Corporate Oligarchy Expansioni­sm".....