USA: President Barack Obama has rejected the Afghanistan war options presented to him by his national security team, pushing instead for revisions to clarify how and when U.S. troops would turn over responsibility to the Afghan government, a senior administration official said Wednesday.President Obama is still close to announcing his overhauled war strategy which most likely will be announced shortly after he returns from a trip to Asia that ends on Nov. 19.
The questions and scenarios that the President raised at his war council meeting on Wednesday could very well change the dynamic of both how many additional troops are sent to Afghanistan and what the timeline would be for their presence in the war zone, according to an official, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
President Obama is considering options that include adding 30,000 or more U.S. forces to take on the Taliban in key areas of Afghanistan, and to buy some time for the Afghan government's small and ill-equipped fighting forces to take over and take control. The other three options on the table are ranges of troop increases, from a relatively small addition of forces to the roughly 40,000 that the top U.S. General in Afghanistan prefers, according to military and other officials.
As always, the Examiner.Com is interested in what you think. Is President Obama on the right track by rejecting his national security team’s request for more troops without an exit strategy? Can the United States afford to fight a war with no end in sight for another 8 years? Inquiring minds want to know. Sound off.
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