Media Silence

Barack Obama announced his plan to deploy 17,000 additional troops to Afghanistan, continuing the Bush administrations policy of increasing America's efforts in that country. While Obama also announced that a review of our Afghan strategy is underway, which could lead to additional troops being deployed, it is important to note that the U.S. commander in Afghanistan asked for 30,000 troops.

So why are we delivering fewer troops than the military believes is necessary? Remember the howls directed against George Bush for supposedly doing the same thing?

The silence is deafening.