"I am calling for a timeline and an exit strategy," Ms. Lee said, "and no additional funding for increased troop levels.
After outlining options for increased troop strengths, he said, "But I don't want to give the impression that everything is spinning out of control, because it's not".
Tom Miller Fethiye, Turkey, June 23 , 2010To the Editor: Re "Warriors Vexed by Rules for War" (news analysis, June 23): Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal publicly lobbied for increased troop levels in the Afghan war and was successful in pushing a new president unwilling to appear weak into widening that war.
This is especially obvious in its coverage of the "rift" in President Obama's national security team, as illustrated by General Stanley McChrystal's decision to lobby Europe for increased troop levels in Afghanistan.
(Indeed, "bridge to nowhere" might be a good name for our increased troop levels in Afghanistan).
But while Mr. Miliband quoted Mr. Obama, as if to underline a united front on the war, it was also seen by some commentators as a muted signal that Britain may be reluctant to answer any new American request for an increased troop commitment in Afghanistan to match the rapid buildup of American forces there.
The increased troop levels called for by the Bush administration as part of its revised war strategy proved controversial as opposition to the Iraq War mounted.
McCain's position" — for increasing the troop level by thirty thousand — "was not popular even within the Republican Party.
What questions does Mr. Parrish raise about the Army's tactics for increasing its troops?
LONDON — Highlighting themes likely to be taken up by President Obama in his military policy speech on Tuesday, Prime Minister Gordon Brown of Britain has demanded that Afghanistan and Pakistan match plans for increased allied troop levels in Afghanistan by taking tough actions of their own, including, in Pakistan, a stepped-up effort to capture Osama bin Laden.
