Gates may OK troop boost for Afghanistan
jlew24asu
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I fully support this move 100%. we should be getting the fuck out of Iraq within 12-18 months and coming here. Taliban and el queda are the true enemies of the US. not Iraq
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BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan - Defense Secretary Robert Gates suggested on Wednesday that he is likely to urge
President Bush to send more troops to
Afghanistan to fight the resurgent Taliban.
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Gates said U.S. commanders in Afghanistan have recommended an unspecified troop boost, and while he did not explicitly endorse the idea, he offered a rationale.
"I think it is important that we not let this success here in Afghanistan slip away from us and that we keep the initiative," he told reporters traveling aboard his aircraft as it refueled here for a flight to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where he was to meet with King Abdullah. "There's no reason to sit back and let the Taliban regroup," Gates said........
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070117/ap_on_re_as/us_afghanistan_17
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BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan - Defense Secretary Robert Gates suggested on Wednesday that he is likely to urge
President Bush to send more troops to
Afghanistan to fight the resurgent Taliban.
ADVERTISEMENT
Gates said U.S. commanders in Afghanistan have recommended an unspecified troop boost, and while he did not explicitly endorse the idea, he offered a rationale.
"I think it is important that we not let this success here in Afghanistan slip away from us and that we keep the initiative," he told reporters traveling aboard his aircraft as it refueled here for a flight to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where he was to meet with King Abdullah. "There's no reason to sit back and let the Taliban regroup," Gates said........
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070117/ap_on_re_as/us_afghanistan_17
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