Holy CRAP he accepted the award and is officially sending in more troops as of yesterday
BIG slap in the face to "peace"
WASHINGTON (AFP) – President Barack Obama has approved the deployment of an additional 13,000 US troops to Afghanistan beyond the 21,000 he announced publicly in March, The Washington Post reported Tuesday.
The additional troops are primarily support forces -- such as engineers, medical specialists, intelligence experts and military police -- the paper said, bringing the total build-up approved by Obama to 34,000.
"Obama authorized the whole thing. The only thing you saw announced in a press release was the 21,000," an unnamed defense official familiar told the paper.
The maximum number of US forces expected in Afghanistan by year's end -- 68,000 -- would remain the same, the paper said.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates had said previously he would be sending more support troops or "enablers" to Afghanistan even as Obama weighs the best war strategy going forward, amid an appeal for tens of thousands of additional combat forces from the commander in Afghanistan, General Stanley McChrystal.
The Pentagon had said at least 4,000 support troops were heading to Afghanistan, including experts to help counter the threat from improvised explosives.
Article Now don't get me wrong if they need it great but to say look I got this award saying I'm the must peaceful man alive and send more troops out thats just wrong.
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