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Mullen says troops being sent to blunt insurgency

Submitted by WWAY on Mon, 12/07/2009 - 4:31pm.READ MORE:
CAMP LEJEUNE -- The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff says the insurgency in Afghanistan has grown in the past three years and sending 30,000 more U.S. troops is an attempt to slow that momentum. Adm. Mike Mullen spoke to about 1,000 Marines at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina on Monday. Many of those attending will be sent to Afghanistan as part of President Barack Obama's plan announced last week. Camp Lejeune will supply 1,500 Marines by Christmas. An additional 6,200 are to follow next year. Mullen says military leaders believe they have 18 to 24 months to reverse the insurgency or it might not be possible. Earlier Monday, Mullen spoke at Fort Campbell, Ky. Three brigades from the 101st Airborne Division are heading to Afghanistan and more could follow. (Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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You can send 500,000, Admiral

Submitted by Commonsensenotc... on Mon, 12/07/2009 - 7:35pm.
Unless you and those Bozos you work for let them do their job, it will accomplish nothing. BTW, my son-in-law, an Army Ranger, wants to go to Afghanistan rather than returning to Iraq. As he puts it, he'll ".....have a lot more opportunity to kill the people who want to kill us" by going to Aghanistan. Don't disappoint him and don't tie their hands. Let them do what needs to be done, and if they're standing in blood up to their ankles, remember that as long as it's not American or allied blood, things are going exactly as they should. We win by destroying the enemy and his will to fight....not by chit-chatting and making deals.
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