U.S. AMBASSADOR ADVISES OBAMA NOT TO SEND MORE TROOPS

"... the US ambassador to Kabul, Karl Eikenberry, has sent classified messages to Washington in the last few days, advising President Obama not to send more troops to Afghanistan... The substance of Eikenberry’s advice went directly against the plan the military commander in Afghanistan, General McChrystal, has been pushing for in recent months. Eikenberry’s intervention is highly significant. A Harvard and Stanford-educated general, he had served in Afghanistan twice before retiring and was immediately appointed America’s envoy in that country in April 2009..."
http://www.juancole.com/2009/11/tripathi-afghanistan-and-presidential.html