MasterShake69
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So where are the more NATO Combat Troops Obama said he would get??? Oh they are now just trainers...more NATO do nothing troops. What was that British quote i had in another thread. Some troops fight while others drink and watch TV.
http://www.metimes.com/Editorial/2008/09/12/bush_takes_a_page_from_obamas_foreign_policy_handbook/3828/
Obama has promised, if elected, to send two extra combat brigades to Afghanistan, to use that as leverage to get more NATO combat troops from the European allies and to mount a massive multi-billion dollar civilian aid package for Afghanistan and neighboring Pakistan.
http://www.metimes.com/Opinion/2009/04/03/obama_using_gorbachevs_afghan_plan/6151/
Obama Using Gorbachev's Afghan Plan By NERI ZILBER Published: April 03, 2009
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=7255246
U.S. Drone Fires Missile in Pakistan, 13 Dead By Alamgir Bitani
April 4, 2009
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - A pilotless U.S. drone aircraft fired a missile in northwest Pakistan on Saturday, killing 13 people including some foreign militants, security officials and residents said. Hours later, Pakistani Taliban militant leader Baitullah Mehsud claimed responsibility for a shooting at a U.S. immigration center in New York in which a gunman killed 13 people, saying it was revenge for U.S. drone attacks in Pakistan. U.S. officials were not immediately available for comment about Mehsud's claim, but Pakistani security analysts dismissed it as a publicity stunt. The New York Times quoted representative Maurice Hinchey, whose district includes the town of Binghamton in New York state where the shooting took place, as saying indications were the gunman was an immigrant from Vietnam. With the Afghan insurgency intensifying, the United States began launching more drone strikes against al Qaeda and Taliban militants on the Pakistani side of the border last year. Since then, about 35 U.S. strikes have killed about 350 people, including mid-level al Qaeda members, according to reports from Pakistani officials, residents and militants.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090405/ap_on_go_pr_wh/eu_obama
Obama hails 5,000 more NATO troops for Afghanistan
By TOM RAUM, Associated Press Writer Tom Raum, Associated Press Writer – 1 hr 39 mins ago STRASBOURG, France – President Barack Obama hailed "strong and unanimous support" from NATO allies on Saturday for his stepped-up anti-terror strategy in Afghanistan and Pakistan and welcomed their "down payment" promises of 5,000 fresh forces. The allies rebuffed U.S. appeals for more combat forces to join the war, but the backing Obama did gain at a European summit allowed him to claim an early victory on the world's foreign policy stage. NATO allies agreed to send up to 5,000 more military trainers and police to Afghanistan, including forces to help protect candidates and voters at upcoming elections. Obama called that "a strong down payment" on both Afghanistan and NATO itself at the end of a gathering celebrating the 60th anniversary of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. He waved off questions on whether the size and makeup of the commitments were disappointing in light of an anti-terrorism struggle he himself portrayed as daunting. Since becoming president, Obama has begun switching America's anti-terror emphasis to fighting al-Qaida in the Afghanistan-Pakistan area as the war in Iraq winds down.
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