Don't talk about 'exit strategy' in Afghanistan (OneNewsNow.com)

Don't talk about 'exit strategy' in Afghanistan (OneNewsNow.com): "A veterans' organization is hopeful the additional 30,000 troops President Obama plans to send to Afghanistan will be sufficient to create the same kind of surge that proved successful in Iraq. But the group doesn't think it's a good idea to talk about an exit strategy.



Tonight President Obama will deliver a national address from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, NY, where he is expected to announce an increase of up to 35,000 U.S. troops as part of a revised strategy for the war in Afghanistan.

But there is already evidence the president's plan might face a roadblock by his own Democratic-controlled Senate. Senator Carl Levin (D-Michigan), who chairs the Senate Armed Services Committee, says any plan to significantly expand U.S. troop levels must show how those reinforcements will help Afghans help themselves.

Maj. Rose Lopez Keravuori (USAR), a spokeswoman for Vets for Freedom, says her group supports General Stanley McChrystal's plan for a troop surge.

Rose Lopez Keravuori (Vets for Freedom)'A U.S. surge is going to allow for sustained counterinsurgency operations,' she explains, 'which allows for the Afghani national army and the Afghani national police -- amongst other things -- to help provide security for its own population.'"