Divisions in US administration about strategy?
How deep are the divisions in the Obama Administration over the conduct of the War in Afghanistan? Will those divisions continue after the President makes a decision on strategy and troop levels?
AFGHANISTAN – when will U.S. President Obama make a decision on strategy -- and whether or not to send more U.S. troops to Afghanistan?
- Fierce debate in Obama administration on troop levels and type of strategy required in Afghanistan
- Sources tell CNN: Defense Secretary Robert Gates leaning toward view that significant number of extra troops required
- Gates said to favor the kind of counterinsurgency strategy being advocated by the U.S. commander in Afghanistan, General Stanley McChrystal
- McChrystal, who met Pres. Obama on Friday, reportedly wants an additional 40,000 troops in Afghanistan. Has warned about risk of “mission failure” in Afghanistan if additional troops not forthcoming
QUESTION – How deep are the divisions in the Obama Administration over the conduct of the War in Afghanistan? Will those divisions continue after the President makes a decision on strategy and troop levels?
(Tom Evans, AMANPOUR, CNN)