Comments on: Gates Welcomes New German Defense Minister http://www.therepublicantemple.com/2009/11/19/gates-welcomes-new-german-defense-minister/ The Right Place To Worship! Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:43:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: David Erwin http://www.therepublicantemple.com/2009/11/19/gates-welcomes-new-german-defense-minister/comment-page-1/#comment-1393 David Erwin Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:41:44 +0000 http://www.therepublicantemple.com/?p=8562#comment-1393 Is Germany the exception to the rule? Many countries are looking at reducing their level of commitment in Afghanistan. Is America's ambiguity over the Afghan mission negatively impacting international support? Can success be achieved is the United States is going it alone? Here is an updated Google map showing all troop levels in Afghanistan (US/International), with brief mission statements, and reported causalities. It will be interesting to see how these numbers change as the White House struggles to come up with a new policy. Click on the link or paste into your browser to view the map. Click on the Google "link" button in the top right to share or embed: http://maps.google.ca/maps/ms?hl=en&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=106927227736098152803.000474e585f470659fa7b&z=7 Is Germany the exception to the rule? Many countries are looking at reducing their level of commitment in Afghanistan. Is America’s ambiguity over the Afghan mission negatively impacting international support? Can success be achieved is the United States is going it alone?

Here is an updated Google map showing all troop levels in Afghanistan (US/International), with brief mission statements, and reported causalities. It will be interesting to see how these numbers change as the White House struggles to come up with a new policy.

Click on the link or paste into your browser to view the map. Click on the Google “link” button in the top right to share or embed:
http://maps.google.ca/maps/ms?hl=en&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=106927227736098152803.000474e585f470659fa7b&z=7

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