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Kamis, 11 Desember 2008

U.S.A send soldiers to Afghanistan

Kandahar - As many as three U.S. army brigade direncanakanakan moved to Afghanistan next summer to do three sessions of war. Therefore, disclosed U.S. Defense Minister, Robert Gates.Gates arrived in the capital city of Afghanistan, Kandahar, Thursday, with the aircraft to meet General David McKiernan, commander U.S. and NATO troops are in combat against the Taliban and Al Qaeda and its sekutunya.

Gates states, including the spread of this one birigade that are scheduled will be sent to areas that have experienced conflict during the seven years later in January and two more who have not yet determined.

"I can not give a command unit which will run this task and I therefore do not want to speculate," said Gates that will reverse when Obama was to become president.

McKiernan request additional brigade, including four who are scheduled for January burners come later, with the amount of approximately 14,000 to 20,000 soldiers. However, in September, Gates said that the Pentagon will not be able to give the new team before the spring or summer of 2009 as originally commitment to remain in Iraq.

Around 31,000 U.S. soldiers are in Afghanistan, a quarter less than the amount of power that exist in Iraq. Still, the security agreement has been signed by the Bush administration and has been ratified by the Government of Iraq in early December stated claim that U.S. soldiers withdrawn from Iraq begin to run out until the end of the year 2011.

After landing in Kandahar, told the journalists, Gates said, the ideal number of U.S. soldiers to be placed in Afghanistan is still debated, especially American citizens currently more sensitive about the issue of Afghanistan. "In my view, it seems better to accelerate the addition of the number of soldiers in the Afghan," he explained.

"History of the presence of foreign soldiers in Afghanistan when combined with the Afghan citizens for their own clearly is a less pleasant."

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