U.S. Afghan Envoy Urges Caution on Troop Increase

by snuffysmith | November 11, 2009 at 10:06 pm

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The U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan, who once served as the top U.S. military commander there, expressed reservations about deploying additional troops, senior officials said.Its even more amazing that these reservations have been made public.

The position of the ambassador, Karl W. Eikenberry, a retired lieutenant general, puts him in stark opposition to the current American and NATO commander in Afghanistan, Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, who has asked for 40,000 more troops.