Obama Afghanistan Decision Likely Pushed Back to December
Barack Obama will likely hold off deciding his strategy and troop strength levels until December, according to a New York Times report on his upcoming meeting Wednesday with his national security advisers.That would make four months since Obama's hand-picked Afghan General Stanley McChrystal made an urgent request in August for 40,000 to 80,000 reinforcements, warning the war would be lost within twelve months without them.Obama recently asked for new troop level options and for reports on the provincial Afghan governments.Obama has made numerous excuses for delaying his decision, most prominent of them the election controversy over Hamid Karzai's reelection as...
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