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| US officials recommend 3,000 to 5,000 more troops for Afghanistan |
| 2017-05-10 |
| [Iran Press TV] US military officials and the State Department have recommended sending 3,000 to 5,000 additional troops, including hundreds of Special Operations forces, to Afghanistan, according to American media reports. American officials said the US military needs a bigger role in Afghanistan to push the Taliban ...Arabic for students... bully boy group back to the negotiating table. They have also called for authority to target Taliban leaders with The proposal has yet to be approved by US President Donald Trump ...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States... , but according to The New York Times ...which still proudly displays Walter Duranty's Pulitzer prize... , Trump was close to signing off on the recommendation, which is the result of a broad review by the Pentagon, the State Department, intelligence community and other government agencies on the Afghan war. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Is there an actual mission statement that defines the victory conditions? Bookending Iran with troops in Afghanistan and Iraq might even be a goal, but just kinetic pingpong with the Taliban seems insufficient. After 10+ years it's still mostly the 7th century there, with a lot of really well developed graft. |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2017-05-10 19:16 |