Obama to Reject Growth Timetable for Afghan Army
President Faces Democratic Backlash
When President Obama unveils his proposal for the escalation of the Afghan War, he will reportedly reject General Stanley McChrystal’s strategy to double the size of the Afghan military over the next few years.
Instead the president will discuss what is being called a more “realistic view” of growing the large but ineffective Afghan military, which will lack the timetable of McChrystal’s plan.
The general has sought to increase the Afghan military to 240,000 members and to increase the size of the nation’s police force as well. Though adding more people to the Afghan security forces never seems to be a problem, corruption, poor training and high turnover rates have kept the force from being effective.
The announcement is expected to provoke a backlash from Democratic Senators, who have seen creating an enormous Afghan military as the key to eventually ending the war. It will also make it more difficult for President Obama to sell the idea that the war isn’t open-ended.
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MvGuy
December 1st, 2009 at 3:31 am
"the president will discuss what is being called a more “realistic view” of growing the large but ineffective Afghan military, which will lack the timetable of McChrystal’s plan."
Yaa, Right grow the Afghan Army…….wink wink…….. "Though adding more people to the Afghan security forces never seems to be a problem, corruption, poor training and high turnover rates have kept the force from being effective." [But] "corruption, poor training and high turnover rates have kept the force from being effective."——– Yeah right…….. When they are BROKE and homeless or close, they make great soldiers……But after they get a few bucks, the problims start….. They are gonna wanna spend that money….. Not leave to their [older] brother after the locals [taliban] shoot him in the head… They tried this in Vietnam and you saw how that ended…. If you give this police or soldier a gun, whooz he gona shoot, his family, villagers, or some NATO infidels…??? When I was there no one was outwardly religious or fundamentalist……. All these problims were whooped up by America to get the USSR out…. Now the blowback of those times have come to haunt them……. This war is really for Israel and not the Americans….. The Americans can [I'm American] make peace with Afghanistan any time but for one problem….and one problem only, the Israeli massacres of Palestinians and the theft of their land and moreover…Their holy places……. Remember when Sharon went to the rock of the dome with 500 police…… Do you think they took their shoes off…??? NPR had Ted Coppel on today talkin about how America HAD to stay in Afghanistan because of The nukes in Pakistan….. First-off, Koppel is [J]ewish so he thinks NOT about how American actions effect AMERICA, he thinks what pressure the Muslim would could bring to bear on Israel….and having him comment without some caveat is like having a nazi commenting on policy which would effect Israel…
Only way to end the tail waggin the dog is to have public finance elections……. It makes it harder to buy or steal the elections…….. and the politicians are more likely to represent the voters, than the guys hiding in the shadows with fists full of cash and the hookers…… When you wonders how things went so badly for [J]ewish people in Germany startin in 1937, remember how the neocons have subverted America…. and using 911 hijacked American foreign policy.. The nexis of oil and Israel are the true owners of Americas federal legislature and probably pres. "O" too……….
Thats a real ringer
Did I mention that in the 70's I was a hash smuggler spending good chunks of time in Afghanistan.??
tioche
December 1st, 2009 at 11:41 pm
obomber now shows his true colors; he will drag his nation down the dark road to a failed empire !
tioche, Mexico