For the last week Barack Obama has been highlighting his proposed surge in Afghanistan. Yet Afghans are worried about whether this is the right strategy:
“As president, I would pursue a new strategy and begin by providing at least two additional combat brigades to support our effort in Afghanistan,” Obama said in a foreign policy push this week. “We need more troops, more helicopters, better intelligence-gathering, and more non-military assistance to accomplish the mission there.”
Wahid Mujda, an Afghan political analyst, warned, however, that Obama’s planned increase in US troops by about 10,000 would make the situation worse.
“Increasing troops shows that the US emphasis is on war,” Mujda said. “It means the US wants to solve Afghanistan’s problems through military forces, which is not a sound strategy.”
“More troops shows that war will continue,” he added. “It means more people will be killed. It means both parties who are involved in the war would have more casualties.”
People on the streets of Kabul also worried about a continuing conflict although they admitted they knew little about Obama or his strategy for their country.
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UPDATE: In his proposed op-ed, John McCain seems to favor some sort of surge as well.
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