Posted by
Defend America on Tuesday, December 01, 2009 8:11:18 AM
Just remember, that just yesterday the number was at 30,000:
34,000 troops will be sent to Afghanistan
OBAMA DETAILS PLAN FOR ALLIES
Other nations to be asked for more forces
President Obama will outline Tuesday his intention to send an
additional 34,000 U.S. troops to Afghanistan, according to U.S.
officials and diplomatic sources briefed Monday as Obama began
informing allies of his plan.
The new deployments, along with 22,000 troops he authorized early this
year, would bring the total U.S. force in Afghanistan to more than
100,000, more than half of which will have been sent to the war zone by
Obama.
The president also plans to ask NATO and other partners in an
international coalition to contribute 5,000 additional troops to
Afghanistan, officials said. The combined U.S. and NATO deployments
would nearly reach the 40,000 requested last summer by U.S. Gen.
Stanley A. McChrystal, the coalition commander in Afghanistan, as part
of an intensified counterinsurgency strategy.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/30/AR2009113002012.html?hpid=topnews