Mr. Obama has yet to make a decision and has other options available to him, but as officials described it, the debate is no longer over whether to send more troops, but how many more will be needed. The question of how much of the country should fall under the direct protection of American and NATO forces will be central to deciding how many troops will be sent.
At the moment, the administration is looking at protecting Kabul, Kandahar, Mazar-i-Sharif, Kunduz, Herat, Jalalabad and a few other village clusters, officials said. The first of any new troops sent to Afghanistan would be assigned to Kandahar, the Taliban’s spiritual capital, seen as a center of gravity in pushing back insurgent advances.
Two things: One, I guess we already assumed there would be more troops going. The White House has been consistent about one thing in this debate, and that is that de-escalating is not option. And two, these are purely anonymous sources. We know how that goes. So, take it with a grain of salt or not. Call it obvious or not. But it still hurts to see those words.
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