President Barack Obama is prepared to accept a role for the Taliban in Afghanistan’s political future in a major shift of policy towards the Islamic radicals who are attacking US and British troops, it has been reported.
By Philip Sherwell in New York
As he assesses a request from his top commander in Afghanistan to dispatch another 40,000 troops to fight the Taliban, he is also “inclined” to send only as many as needed to keep al-Qaeda at bay.
The assessment was given to the Associated Press by a senior official involved in Mr Obama’s discussions with his top national security and military advisors about Afghanistan strategy.
There is believed to be a growing favour in his war council for differentiating between native Afghan Taliban factions and the foreign extremists of al-Qaeda. Several of the president’s advisors are arguing that the Taliban are predominantly fighting against what is perceived as Nato “occupation” while it is al Qaeda that poses a threat to US defence.
Aides have made clear that Mr Obama is unlikely to reach a final decision on strategy and troop numbers before the end of October.
But it seems increasingly unlikely that he will grant the request from Gen Stanley McChrystal, the commander he appointed only this summer, for an extra 40,000 US troops to join the 68,000 who will already be in Afghanistan by the end of the year.
Gen McChrystal’s recommendations have not been made public, but he is widely reported to have warned that the US faces “failure” in Afghanistan without his requested troop surge.
No matter what decision Obama makes, getting the support of the public will prove tough.
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He doesn’t need public approval as the government has its own agenda and does whatever it wants regardless of what the people think. They are about to spend another $600 billion on this endless war. What do you think the people are going to do about it? Nothing because the people are powerless regardless of what they think, do or say about it. That is very simply because we are under tyranny.
The only approval this Communist Zionist stooge needs is the support of the Rothschilds, AIPAC and the Israeli lobby.
‘WE ACT LIKE SHEEP, YET T.H.E.Y. TREAT US LIKE CATTLE.’