What a surprise:
U.S. aims for more troops in Afghanistan, Gates says
By Andrew Grey
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Defense Secretary Robert Gates said he hoped a U.S. troop increase for Afghanistan would be mostly done by late spring, as his commander warned Afghan forces were three or four years from leading the fight.
Gates, visiting a dusty NATO base near Kandahar in southern Afghanistan on Thursday, criticized the United Nations and the European Union for not doing more to help stabilize the country.
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this is not good... does that mean we will be in charge for the next four years?
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