Guardian: Europe resists US pressure to boost presence in Afghanistan

[Horse with no Name]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/afghanistan/story/0,,1999808,00.html

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Europe appeared last night to be resisting pressure from Washington to pour more money and troops into Afghanistan in expectation of a major campaign in the spring.

As the European commission announced it was cutting aid to Kabul, Condoleezza Rice, the US secretary of state, used a special meeting of Nato foreign ministers in Brussels to demand greater input from the Europeans.

[Merrill]

1. Bush secret surge

“Blackwater: The Rise of the World’s Most Powerful Mercenary Army.”

http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/01/26/1559232

"A second task we can take on together is to design and establish a volunteer civilian reserve corps. Such a corps would function much like our military reserve. It would ease the burden on the Armed Forces by allowing us to hire civilians with critical skills to serve on missions abroad when America needs them." Pres. Bush

The Bush constant surge runs through the labor department?