Monday, April 06, 2009

Turning The Tide

New troops will turn tide in Afghanistan: Mullen

"KABUL (AFP) – About 17,000 extra US troops headed to Afghanistan will allow security forces to begin overcoming the Taliban in the volatile south, the top US military commander said in Kabul Sunday.
"I am convinced that the additional military capacity will certainly start to allow us to turn the tide in the south where it has not gone well," Admiral Mike Mullen told reporters on the first day of a trip to Kabul."

"Increase US/SVN military strength in SVN enough to prove to the VC that they cannot win and thus to turn the tide of the war.... " Robert McNamara

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