~~Rants del Nicoleta~~

20,000-30,000 troops will be sent to Afganistan next year.  There are currently about 30,000 U.S. troops already….

“The deployment of additional troops was “directly tied” to the gradual withdrawal from Iraq over the course of the next year, he added.”

So with the U.S. beginning to pull out of Iraq, the focus will be on Afghanistan again, where the fighting has been mull until recently.  It seems to me that most Americans have forgotten about Afghanistan, and think we are all done there.  But even Obama said he wanted to increase Afghan troop levels, though maybe not as high as the current number.  I’m not sure. XD

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7793772.stm

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/20/obama.afghanistan/