Troop Surge Master Planning

摘要

Afghanistan needed help in 2008. The country had just been dubbed more dangerous than Iraq, with 2008 being the bloodiest year since the ouster of the Taliban seven years prior. Insurgents led by Taliban rebels and organized crime gangs were blamed for the assassinations of several high-ranking government officials. Furthermore, security was actually getting worse as Afghan forces were sent away from routine military missions to prepare for the country's first democratic elections in four decades.