Obama has approved a significant troop increase for Afghanistan

President Obama has approved a significant troop increase for Afghanistan, Pentagon officials say.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/17/obama.troops/index.html

# Story Highlights
# New increase is expected to include 8,000 Marines from Camp Lejeune
# Also includes 4,000 additional Army troops from Fort Lewis, Washington
# Troops will be equipped with vehicles able to operate in tough terrain
# Obama has been conducting several reviews of U.S. policy in Afghanistan


WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Barack Obama has approved a significant troop increase for Afghanistan, Pentagon officials told CNN Tuesday.
The new troop deployment is expected to include 8,000 Marines headquartered from Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, as well as 4,000 additional Army troops from Fort Lewis, Washington.

The troops will be equipped with Stryker vehicles able to operate in southern Afghanistan's tough terrain, according to the Pentagon officials.

The Obama administration has been conducting several reviews of U.S. policy in Afghanistan, including a review by Gen. David Petraeus, the commander in the region.

Defense Secretary Robert Gates said the original mission in Afghanistan was "too broad" and needs to be more "realistic and focused" for the United States to succeed.

"If we set ourselves the objective of creating some sort of central Asian Valhalla over there, we will lose, because nobody in the world has that kind of time, patience and money," Gates said during a recent Senate hearing.

This worries me. Doesn't this mean there will be another new draft coming soon?

we are running out of money running out of bodies to send over there

a draft? who knows

I really hope they dont do that

remember the story I posted they are even calling back 50 year olds?

this whole thing worries me its gunna be another war...

Oboma promised he would end the war

see I knew he lied...

thats why he didnt get my VOTE