NATO seeks Afghan reinforcements
NATO's top commander said Thursday that alliance members were refusing to provide equipment and troops pledged months ago for the mission in southern Afghanistan.Discarding diplomatic caution, the commander, General James Jones, said in a telephone interview that he could not understand why NATO countries were delaying when the alliance was in sustained combat with Taliban insurgents. NATO moved into the volatile south in July.
Not NATO, Canada moved to take over US led ISAF operations as it now leads operation Medusa, while NATO countries refuse to participate in this war. Hmmm whose left carrying the ball? Us. As usual. So I think Layton and Kennedy are right to say as the major armed forces player in the region, we have the right to demand NATO live up to its commitments or we vamoose.
"I am asking for the forces we asked for 18 months ago," Jones said. "It is not that we are making new demands. "
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