Did I Just Hear Correctly? Bush is SURGING 3000 More Troops to AFGHANISTAN?

[The Cleaner]

The local NBC Dallas newscast cited 3000 more troops, although the article below does not say either way.

WASHINGTON -- President Bush today announced a new infusion of troops and funds to help Afghanistan survive an expected assault this spring from the Taliban and urged NATO to do more, too.

Asking NATO nations to send additional troops to Afghanistan and urging their soldiers be given more flexibility, Bush said, "When our commanders on the ground say to our respective countries `We need additional help,' our NATO countries must provide it.

"Allies must lift restrictions on the forces they do provide so NATO commanders have the flexibility they need to defeat the enemy wherever the enemy may make its stand," Bush said.

U.S. troops will have their stay extended for four months, and deploy a replacement force for the future, Bush said. He added that the U.S. government will also help increase Afghanistan's security forces — doubling the Army's size to 70,000 from 32,000 over the next two years.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-ex-bush15feb16,0,30187.story?track=mostviewed-homepage

[Monkeyman]

1. Yep

[Taverner]

2. 3K or 30K?

We really screwed the pooch on Afghanistan....just like Iraq, no plan.

[butterfly77]

3. 3.,200 to be exact...

and he wants to send 11.8 billion dollars for the Afghans to start businesses, what has been done with the money that was already sent...

[DaveJ]

7. 11.8 billion

I'm sure starting these businesses involves purchasing from companies owned by his good ol boy friends.

[brettdale]

4. yep

CNN International said the same thing.

[HCE SuiGeneris]

5. After he just pillaged the amount of troops stationed there

moving them to the Iraqi front. What a fuckhead!

[C_U_L8R]

6. Near the Iranian border ???

hmmm ???

[eagler]

8. Bush's Eternal War