Barack Obama may send just 10,000 troops to Afghanistan

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Barack Obama may send just 10,000 troops to Afghanistan


Speculation is growing that Barack Obama will send only 10,000 extra US troops to Afghanistan, well short of the number requested by his military commander.



By Alex Spillius in Washington
Published: 7:17PM BST 07 Oct 2009
Barack Obama rules out cutting troops in Afghanistan
President Barack Obama is considering sending more troops to Afghanistan Photo: AP

As the eighth anniversary fell of the first US military action against the Taliban and al-Qaeda, the president convened his national security team for a strategy meeting on Afghanistan and Pakistan.

White House aides suggested he was searching for a middle ground between a reduction in troops and sending the 40,000 reinforcements sought by Gen Stanley McChrystal, the Nato and US commander in Afghanistan.

 

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Confirmed he is another Bush-like idiot.