Thursday, October 15, 2009

The British Are Coming!

Sortof. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced his own troop increase yesterday. Splitting the baby with his generals, who recommended 1,500-2,000 troops, and the public, which wants to get the heck out, Brown is calling for 500 more troops to be deployed. Brown added, "I believe the decision we are announcing is consistent with what the Americans will decide." Not to deride our strongest security ally, but if the best the second biggest NATO partner can provide is 500 new troops, then we should quickly dispell the notion that any subtantial increase in troops will be an international effort.

No comments:

Post a Comment