Afghans React to U.S. Troop Plan

Afghans responded mostly negatively to U.S. President Barack Obama's decision to send more than 30,000 extra troops to their country.

One resident, after listening to Obama's speech on a radio at his home, said he didn't expect the decision to improve security.

[Ajab Gull, Kabul Resident]:
"We don't want an increase of more troops anymore. They already have more than 50,000 troops -- they have not done anything for security so far."

An Afghan MP described the speech as nothing more than lip service.

[Shukria Barikzai, Afghan MP]:
"It seems to me, at least, that President Obama is very far away from the reality and truth in Afghanistan. And what is their strategy as a lip-service and what they are doing in Afghanistan is completely two different issues."

Obama's decision to send more troops in the first part of next year is designed to escalate the fight against the Taliban, so that U.S. troops can be brought home.

Residents say that will only work if local forces are given proper training.

[Hakimullah Khan, Kabul Resident]:
"If they (American) train the Afghan army properly and equip them, the Afghan army will be able to take responsibility for security. But if the Afghan army is not equipped well and properly, I don't think the Afghan army will be able stand on its own feet."

Afghan analysts say U.S. troops will probably be needed for a long time to come.

[Haroon Mir, Analyst]:
"We will certainly need the U.S. presence in Afghanistan to support the Afghan security forces probably for a longer time, probably for another decade. I think the U.S. investment in U.S bases in Afghanistan is also an indication that if the U.S. withdraw its forces from Afghanistan, the U.S will not quit Afghanistan as quickly as it is thought."

Some experts had expected Obama to use a staggered deployment to put pressure on Afghan President Hamid Karzai's weak government to do a better job.

But this approach was seen as dangerous by some analysts who believe that U.S. troop deployments should not be tied to Karzai's performance.

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[BuellFranklin]

Okay we'll just leave and leave all you dumbass' alone see how that works out

[realitiesupremebeing]

Has to be APPROVED by the controlled media & it's Henchmen, The Money Makers Bilderbergs Rockerfellers Rothchilds & rich families agenda. the fact that any of us have to go through a clearing houst to post a video so the Afgans can really see there is EVIL here to in EVIL INFIDAL AMERICA the word JIHAD is stupid ask ALLAH to drown america in it's own EVIL monies that have destroyed my life & has kept me from enjoying the fruits of my labor signed by

HRM Caesar Saint Augustine de Buonaparte

[realitiesupremebeing]

zzz



[G1SpaceDoll]

America is NO GOOD

[cstrikeplaya]

1sttt... NO MORE TROOPS!! ITS ENOUGH!!!!!!