Afghanistan poses tough choices for Obama (AP)

Calendar August 24, 2009 | Posted by billspaced

Yahoo! | Politics

US Marines patrol with Afghan National Police in the district of Garmsir in Afghanistan's Helmand Province in July. US military commanders in Afghanistan told President Barack Obama?s chief envoy to the region hat they did not have enough troops to do their job, The New York Times reported.(AFP/File/Manpreet Romana)AP – With the nation’s top military officer calling the situation in Afghanistan dire, President Barack Obama soon may face two equally unattractive choices: increase U.S. troops to beat back a resilient enemy, or stick with the 68,000 already committed and risk the political fallout if that’s not enough.

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