30,000 Additional Troops

President Barack Obama spoke on national television on Tuesday affirming the deployment of 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan. The forces are to deploy as quickly as possible for they are planned to return in July 2011. The goal is to strengthen Afghanistan's security, and avoid a "safe haven" for the al-Qaida. Since most Americans do not want an endless, sometimes seemingly pointless, war on their hands, Obama emphasized the withdrawal of all the troops.