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500,000 Troops for Afghanistan?

Posted by Greg L on September 25, 2009 · Leave a Comment

This in from the Huffington Post. Obama has delayed the release of General McChrystal’s assessment on the war in Afghanistan and now I see why. McChrystal is saying he needs 500,000 troops over five years to quell the Taliban. There’s no way that this nation can sustain that sort of commitment economically or otherwise at this … Continue reading →

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