Gen. Stanley McChrystal, commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, will ask for between 30,000 and 40,000 more troops for the war there, according to sources sited by CNN and Fox News.
The debate over whether to send more troops to Afghanistan has heated up recently, with lawmakers speaking out passionately on either side.
President Obama said yesterday that he will not make any decisions about a troop increase until he forms a clear strategy for the war in Afghanistan.
“There is no immediate decision pending on resources,” he said. “Certainly you don’t make determinations about sending young men and women into battle without having absolute clarity about what the strategy is gonna be.”
