U.S. Afghanistan commander's troops request ready

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Source: Reuters

U.S. Afghanistan commander's troops request ready
Sat Sep 19, 2009 2:01pm EDT

By Peter Graff

KABUL (Reuters) - The commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan has drawn up a long-awaited and detailed request for additional troops but has not yet sent it to Washington, a spokesman said on Saturday.

He said General Stanley McChrystal completed the document this week, setting out exactly how many U.S. and NATO troops, Afghan security force members and civilians he thinks he needs.

"We're working with Washington as well as the other NATO participants about how it's best to submit this," said the spokesman, Lieutenant-Colonel Tadd Sholtis, declining to give details of the contents.

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The announcement that McChrystal has already determined how many troops he wants comes just three days after President Barack Obama said he would not rush to make a decision.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE58I11O20090919

[tekisui]

1. And, he'll get whatever he asks for.

More US troops to die in Afghanistan.

[MetaTrope]

2. He'll need them, more troops have been killed in 8 months than any full year since the invasion

Check out the graph at http://icasualties.org/oef/

[tekisui]

3. We'll just keep breaking death records.

Expansion and escalation of war! Go USA~:mad:

[elocs]

5. Rinse and repeat, year after year. History will hang the Afghanistan fiasco around Obama's neck.

It will be Vietnam all over again and the Democratic Party will eventually pay the price too. Can anyone imagine the GOP as the anti-war party?

[BunkerHill24]

6. Yup!, We see more dead troops in Afghanistan..

But we still have 789 worldwide bases.....

So, when will the US come home from overseas?

[Old Hob]

4. The war machine is hungry for blood and tears.