Obama calls for another troop surge?
Oct 26th, 2008 by admin
It should be evident to any impartial observer of the run-up to the respective presidential candidate “nominations,” that only Ron Paul was truly anti-war…. And if Senator Obama gets elected (as seems the case), the American public should be put on notice that the imperious nature of U.S foreign policy will most likely go unchecked, as this article suggests.
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Obama favours U.S. troop surge in Afghanistan
PAUL KORING
From Thursday’s Globe and Mail
October 22, 2008 at 7:55 PM EDT
WASHINGTON — Sounding presidential, Senator Barack Obama said Wednesday he would order a surge of U.S. troops – perhaps 15,000 or more – to Afghanistan as soon as he reached the White House.
“We’re confronting an urgent crisis in Afghanistan,” Mr. Obama, the Democratic contender and now clear front-runner to replace George W. Bush, said Wednesday.
“It’s time to heed the call … for more troops. That’s why I’d send at least two or three additional brigades to Afghanistan,” he said in his most hawkish promise to date.
A U.S. army brigade includes about 5,000 soldiers along with tanks, armoured personnel carriers and helicopter gunships.