U.S. Deployment of Extra Troops to Afghanistan

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*U.S. President-elect Barack Obama has pledged a renewed focus on Afghanistan, where U.S.-led forces toppled the Taliban government in late 2001 after the September 11 attacks. The United States plans to send between 20,000 and 30,000 additional troops to Afghanistan by next summer, said the chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Mike Mullen. U.S. Army General David McKiernan, the commander of international forces in Afghanistan, has asked for the extra troops to combat a growing Taliban insurgency in the east and south of Afghanistan. The United States now has 32,000 troops in Afghanistan, with 14,000 under NATO command and 18,000 under U.S. command. The deployment of extra troops would nearly double the US military presence in Afghanistan. The approach is in line with President-elect Barack Obama's promise to stand up more troops in Afghanistan, as he's standing them down in Iraq. After the January deployment, most of the reinforcements are to be sent to southern Afghanistan to bolster mainly British, Canadian and Dutch troops who have suffered heavy casualties in the last two years fighting in the Taliban heartland. "That's where the toughest fight is," Mullen said. "When we get additional troops here, I think the violence level is going to go up. The fight will be tougher." He said beefing up U.S. forces in Afghanistan was linked to winding down in Iraq. Mullen said the attacks by Islamist militants in Mumbai last month showed the need to reduce Indian tensions with Pakistan and that would help bring stability to Afghanistan. "That's another big piece of the strategy, what I would call regional focus to include Pakistan, Afghanistan and India ... leadership in all three of those countries to figure out a way to decrease tensions, not increase tensions," Mullen said.

ニュースアニメ「アフガニスタン駐留米軍、来夏までに２～３万人増派、倍増へ」
アメリカ統合参謀本部は、遅くとも来年初夏までに２万～３万の米軍をアフガンに増派することを明らかにした。駐留米軍は現在の３万１０００人から最大で倍増の６万人規模に­なる。アフガンでのテロとの戦いを重視するオバマ次期政権の意向をくんだ方針とみられる。増派は年明けにも始まり、治安悪化が著しいアフガン東部や南部に展開する。最終的­な増派の規模と時期について、参謀本部議長は「イラク駐留米軍と連動する」と語り、イラクからの段階的な米軍撤退に応じて、調整する方針を示した。オバマ次期大統領もイラ­クからの段階的な早期撤退とアフガン増派を公約としている。アフガン外務省のバヒーン報道官は「増派を歓迎する」としたうえで、増派部隊は南部ヘルマンド州や東部のパキス­タンとの国境沿いなど、必要とされる地域に配備されることと、アフガン軍の訓練や装備充実に協力することの、２点の注文を付けた。一方、武装組織タリバンのアフマディ報道­官は、「多くの兵士を送り込んでも、我々の標的となるだけだ」と述べた。報道官はＡＦＰ通信に対し、ソ連崩壊の引き金ともなったソ連軍のアフガン侵攻の失敗を引き合いに、­「ロシア（旧ソ連）も多くの兵士を送り込んだが、ひどい敗北を喫した。米軍も、同様に残酷な敗北を迎えるだろう」と語った。

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[MingmingHill400]

Left is right.... Right is wrong.... lol xD

[ratkumchase101]

Pres. Obama is holding the gun the wrong way

[CallOfDoughnuts]

@ratkumchase101 Actually, Pres. Obama is left handed. Like me :D

[TheSkateboykid]

true

[TombaFanatic]

@PesiCool

Uhm...I'm left handed as well.

My post was directed at a guy who seemed to imply that one of Obama's downsides was that he was left handed. I decided to point out that plenty of violent and bigoted people are right handed. Ultimately, which hand you use doesn't matter.

[PesiCool]

@TombaFanatic I'm left handed.. got a problem with me?

[angel5554]

de donde sale esto

[93sifuentes]

ahahahaha

[NLFonsseals]

He sholding it left handed

[jaiqi]

cute,,,,

[lostinseganet]

It's just a show of force he many not actually use it?