unhappycamper,et al-I just heard on CNN-more troops to Aghanistan..

[w8liftinglady]

any links?...no news yet

[Parche]

1. Yeah

My nephew is going over this Saturday.......(Army) :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:
:hi:

[GreenPartyVoter]

2. :^( *hugs*

[w8liftinglady]

5. I'll keep him in my prayers

:pals:

[Hydra]

3. How many going? n/t

edit for spelling

[w8liftinglady]

4. they said something like 3000-no link yet

[w8liftinglady]

6. more info

http://blogs.abcnews.com/rapidreport/2008/01/the-afghanistan.html
Defense officials aren't calling it a surge, but it sure looks like one. The Pentagon is poised to send more than 3,000 additional troops to Afghanistan -- all of them Marines, ABC News has learned.

The plan is a sign that things are not going well in Afghanistan. Commanders say they simply do not have enough troops to deal with the increased threat.

"We are outmanned, across the board," one senior official told ABC News.

There are currently 26,000 U.S. troops in Afghanistan, the largest number since the start of the war.

[Hydra]

7. *sigh*

I bet some of those troops are there for Iran, too. More bad news.

[unhappycamper]

8. Today's Marine Corps Times has a story I'll be posting in a bit. /nt