Topic: afghanistan

One of the more intriguing positions that Sen. Obama has taken is his firm stance that Afghanistan is the center of the war on terror and that the US needs to ramp up its troop commitment there by 30 to 40 percent (add two to three brigades to the 34,000 US troops already there). I believe U.S. troop levels need to increase. And I for at least a year now have called for two additional...

Read Lt General Gard's (USA retired) position in full here. Active duty military currently serving in Iraq and Afghanistan have the greatest stake in the outcome of this election which may explain why veterans are donating more to Obama's campaign than McCain's by a margin of six to one. We will have to...

12k more troops to afghanistan from danger room: "The Pentagon will be sending 12,000 to 15,000 additional U.S. troops to Afghanistan, possibly as soon as the end of this year," U.S. News is reporting... For more than a year, everyone from Gen. McKeirnan to Sen. Barack Obama has been calling for extra troops in Afghanistan. But the Pentagon brass said it couldn't be done, until forces were...