US General: 5,000 More Troops Needed for Afghanistan

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Insists Troops Needed to 'Break Stalemate'

by Jason Ditz, March 26, 2017

It’s been reported for over a month that Gen. John Nicholson, the commander of US and NATO forces in Afghanistan, wants more troops for the 16 year war. Over the weekend, however, he’s offered more details about the size he envisions for this new force.

Gen. Nicholson now says he wants another 5,000 US and NATO troops, saying he believes the US needs that many to “break the stalemate” in the war. Nicholson has repeatedly labeled the conflict a “stalemate” in recent weeks, which appears to be an overestimation of the situation, with the Taliban continuing to gain ground against Afghan security forces.

The US has repeatedly run into this problem in Afghanistan, with the government’s forces unable to stand up to the Taliban by themselves, and NATO growing weary of continuing to prop them up. This has led to escalations and deescalation for years, constantly trying to save the Afghan government from outright defeat.

Nicholson argued that because 9/11 involved Afghanistan, a loss in the country would embolden terrorists globally. At the same time, throwing an addition 5,000 “US and NATO troops,” which would likely end up being almost exclusively US troops, at the war 16 years later doesn’t seem like it’s going to resolve the conflict, but rather just extend it once again.


http://news.war.com/2017/03/26/us-general-5000-more-troops-needed-for-afghanistan/

 

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Looks like un-ending worthless war..

 

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General wants surge of US troops to break stalemate in Afghanistan

The US and Europe need to send 5,000 more troops to Afghanistan to break a stalemate between Afghan forces and Islamic terrorists, the top US general in Kabul says.

“We cannot afford to walk away from Afghanistan,” Gen. John Nicholson told The Sunday Times of London. “This is where the war against terrorism started on 9/11. Failure here would embolden terrorists globally.”

Nicholson will ask for additional forces at a NATO meeting in May with the backing of US Defense Secretary James Mattis and National Security Adviser H. R. McMaster, the report said.

Nicholson’s request would run counter to Trump administration wishes to end nation-building in the Middle East.

Right now, 8,400 US troops and 5,000 troops from other NATO countries are deployed to Afghanistan.

Nicholson said the Afghan government controlled only “about 62 percent of the population and about 57 percent of the territory.”

http://nypost.com/2017/03/25/general-wants-surge-of-us-troops-to-break-stalemate-in-afghanistan/

 

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***News Alert from the future date of 2055 AD***

We need 50,000 more troops in Afgunistan because we need to break the "stalemate"...

 

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General wants surge of US troops to break stalemate in Afghanistan

so, General has acknowledge that Taliban have upper hand in Afghanistan..