CNN talks about this event in the article "Sources: As many as 2,000 more troops may be going to Afghanistan" , specifically about how even though it hasn't been publicly announced, it is believed that this is the case. There hasn't been a set date for when this will happen, but it will probably happen in the next few weeks. The man who has propose this idea is General David Petraeus.
This opens up several questions for me. What is the situation actually like in Afghanistan? Will there be an aggressive reaction to this? Does this mean that leader like General David Petraeus think that the war won't end as soon as some people seem to believe? The worst thing about this situation is just the fact that we are sending even more troops instead of bringing them out. I am not at all in agrrement that we should leave that country completely unstable to handle its own affairs, but sending troops to me seems the exact opposite of progressive. It also makes me think that maybe we haven't been getting the full story and it's just being toned down as not to make people more upset than they already are. Is this the truely best course of action we can take or is there another one? It seems to me that this has the potential to make feel more disgruntled about this war and maybe even form some groups completely opposed to the war and will do anything to stop us from sending more troops. All in all, I still do not know if this will fix problems or make more of them for us.
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