bruce, When and where did President Obama promise to love the U.S.'s enemies?
On Jun 8, 11:41 am, bruce majors <[email protected]> wrote: > ???The Marines represent the first wave of 21,000 troops ordered to > Afghanistan this summer by President Barack Obama???? > > But but but....where's the love obama? > > By CHRIS BRUMMITT, Associated Press Writer Chris Brummitt, Associated Press > Writer – 1 hr 9 mins ago > CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan – Some 7,000 of the new U.S. troops ordered to > Afghanistan are fanning out across the dangerous south this week on a > mission to defeat the Taliban insurgency and to change the course of a war > claiming American lives at a record pace. > > The Marines represent the first wave of 21,000 troops ordered to Afghanistan > this summer by President Barack Obama. Most of the Marine buildup will occur > in Helmand, the world's largest opium poppy-growing region and Afghanistan's > most violent province. Helmand borders Pakistan, where the Taliban's top > leadership is believed to be based. > > "This is where the fight is, in Afghanistan," 1st Sgt. Christopher Watson, > who like many here has also served in Iraq, said Monday. "We are here to get > the job done." > > Some 7,000 Marines from the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, based at Camp > Lejeune, North Carolina, are now in the country, Marine spokesman 1st Lt. > Abe Sipe said. The forces have brought fighter aircraft, transport > helicopters, artillery and the infrastructure needed to support what will > ultimately be a force of around 11,000. > > The United States and its allies invaded Afghanistan in late 2001 because > the country's extremist Taliban leaders were sheltering Osama bin Laden and > al-Qaida, the Islamist terror group behind the Sept. 11 attacks. > > The forces quickly defeated the Taliban, pushing the militants out of Kabul > and their southern base in Kandahar. But the international coalition and > Afghan government have been bedeviled by a guerrilla war ever since, one > that turned dangerously violent in 2006. > > Along with this summer's troop buildup, the United States is training more > Afghan security forces, increasing its spending on aid projects and working > to strengthen government institutions, vital elements in a plan to stabilize > the country and allow foreign forces to one day withdraw. > > But adding troops also risks adding to the resentment of Afghans, especially > if it brings about more civilian casualties, long an hot-button issue in > this impoverished country. There are also fears that the new forces, which > will bring U.S. troops levels to about 68,000 around the country, will > simply push the Taliban elsewhere. > > Most of the newly arrived Marines are now stationed at Camp Leatherneck, a > small base in the center of Helmand expanding by the hour as workers build > permanent structures. Some Marines have moved out to smaller outposts and > are patrolling Helmand's deserts under a harsh summer sun. > > Commanders warn that U.S. deaths are likely to increase this summer, the > traditional fighting season in Afghanistan. > > At least 70 American troops have been killed in Afghanistan this year, > according to an Associated Press count, a 75 percent increase over the 40 > U.S. troop deaths through the first week in June last year. A record 151 > American forces died in Afghanistan in 2008. > > The Afghan government controls some of the major towns and roads in Helmand, > but most of the province of around 1 million is under the sway of the > Taliban. Thousands of British forces have been deployed in Helmand since > mid-2006, but there have been too few to provide security and > counterinsurgency operations for the entire province. > > Taliban militants and the drug lords they protect are believed to reap > hundreds of millions of dollars from Afghanistan's drug trade. 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