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David Stanley Ford

More troops needed for Afghanistan, report says

By The Associated Press    Comments Comment on this article6
Published: September 22, 2009

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama’s top commander in Afghanistan has told him that without more troops the United States could lose the war that Obama has described as the nation’s foremost military priority.

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Sen. Jim Inhofe, a senior member of the Armed Services Committee who has visited Afghanistan several times, said Monday that the war is at a critical juncture and that more troops should be added.

"It’s time to listen to our commanders on the ground and make an absolute commitment to victory in Afghanistan,” Inhofe said.

Inhofe credited the surge of troops in Iraq with stemming violence.

"We owe it to the thousands of U.S., NATO and coalition forces who have given their lives on the battlefield to see the war in Afghanistan through to its successful conclusion while continuing to deny Islamic extremists a safe haven in Afghanistan,” he said.

CHRIS CASTEEL, WASHINGTON BUREAU

Obama must now decide whether to commit thousands of additional American forces or try to hold the line against the Taliban with the troops and strategy he already has approved.

"Resources will not win this war, but under-resourcing could lose it,” Gen. Stanley McChrystal wrote in a five-page summary of the war as he found it upon taking command this summer.

The White House also is considering expanding counterterror operations in Pakistan to refocus on eliminating al-Qaida instead of mounting a major military escalation in Afghanistan.

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Milkman, the pic is part of an OU ROTC class doing their drills on the south campus circa 1946.
Don, Calion - Sep 22, 2009 at 4:34 pm
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Viet Nam.
John, Norman - Sep 22, 2009 at 4:28 pm
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Willis, thats the funniest thing I've heard you say. hahahahahha!!!
TeddyR, Oklahoma City - Sep 22, 2009 at 8:46 am
Conscription!
Desiderius, Uptown - Sep 22, 2009 at 6:59 am
Who are those guys in the picture, 101St Rump Rangers?
willis, oklahoma city - Sep 22, 2009 at 12:51 am
Maybe if Bush focused on killing those who attacked us in 2001 instead of fabricating a war that cost billions and thousands of American troops' lives, this job would have been done by know.
Johnny - Sep 21, 2009 at 11:55 pm

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