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Rather than going for victory Obama will shift strategy and send few troops
President Obama is inclined to send only as many more U.S. troops to Afghanistan as are needed to keep Al Qaeda at bay,a senior administration official said.
The official,in an interview with The Associated Press,also added that the president is prepared to accept some Taliban involvement in Afghanistan’s political future,reiterating what Obama said in March.
The assessment comes from an official who has been involved in the president’s discussions with his war council about Afghanistan strategy.
Aides say the president’s final decision on Afghanistan strategy and troop levels is still at least two weeks away,but the emerging thinking suggests he would be unlikely to favor a large military ramp-up of the kind being advocated by his top commander in Afghanistan.
McChrystal’s troop request is said to include a range of options,from adding as few as 10,000 combat troops to —the general’s strong preference —as many as 40,000.
To approach a war in progress like this is Presidential malpractice. You either win the war or conceed to the enemy. There is no middle ground here. I liken this thought process to a firefighter rolling up to a house fire and saying let's just work on saving the living room and if there is anyone in there let them know their house could be burning down. Sounds insane doesn't it? You must aggresively attack the enemies of the United States so that future adversaries will withdraw from any concept of attacking our nation or her allies.