McKeon's Afghanistan surge

Due to the resurgence of violence the past two weeks in Afghanistan, a California Republican, Buck McKeon, has called for legislation to be passed that will send more troops back to Afghanistan. The increase in violence was caused by Americans accidentally burning some Qurans and other religious material. The plan the McKeon is proposing would be to guard U.S entities by replacing the Afghan nationals currently protecting them. It is said that Afghan soldiers and security guards have demonstrated a "general loathing of U.S soldiers" and have turned violent towards them. They have attacked NATO troops roughly 200 times in the past 5 years resulting in the deaths of 70 NATO troops. He estimates that 11,000 troops would need to be added.

Jordan Tassio

http://security.blogs.cnn.com/2012/03/02/mckeons-afghanistan-surge/