Guerilla Snipers Imperil U.S. Led Forces in Afghanistan

The Taliban have shown a side not often seen in nearly a decade of American military action in Afghanistan, the use of snipers.

Our Commander In Chief’s Christmas Crisis

by Chuck Norris

Alas, after nearly three months of military deliberations, our commander in chief is finally coming out of the closet with his Afghan strategy. But is his plan based more upon politics than national security?

In September, the top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan, Gen. Stanley McChrystal, requested 40,000 additional troops on top of the 68,000 already there. This increase would allow the military flexibility to deploy 15,000 forces to the Taliban stronghold in the south, 5,000 to the eastern border with Pakistan and 10,000 as trainers for Afghan security forces. The other 10,000 would be deployed across the country in various overt and covert operations.

State Dept. Official Resigns in Protest of Obama Afghanistan Decision

Matthew Hoh resigned from his position at the State Department to protest the Obama administrations seeming determination to send tens of thousands more American troops to a disastrous war in Afghanistan.

Obama On the Campaign Trail: ‘I WILL GET OUR TROOPS HOME’

I will promise you this, that if we have not gotten our troops out by the time I am president, it is the first thing I will do. I will get our troops home. We will bring an end to this war. You can take that to the bank

U.S. Veterans to Obama: Do Not Escalate in Afghanistan

President Obama plans to announce his decision to send up to 40,000 more troops to the middle east War. These U.S. Veterans are asking him to Re-Think Afghanistan