From the Wall Street Journal:
Defense Secretary Robert Gates has decided to send an additional 1,400 Marine combat forces to Afghanistan, officials said, in a surprise move ahead of the spring fighting season to try to cement tentative security gains before White House-mandated troop reductions begin in July.
The Marine battalion could start arriving on the ground as early as mid-January. The forces would mostly be deployed in the south, around Kandahar, where the U.S. has concentrated troops over the past several months…
Putting the seal on victory, or desperate attempt to salvage a surge only half done by a President who simply does not understand war? Only time will tell.
God bless our Marines and the rest of our troops in Afghanistan.
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