President Donald Trump will address the nation tonight about his policy on the war in Afghanistan. He is expected to deploy 4,000 more troops to the embattled country, where American forces have been fighting for 16 years.
Charles Sennott, executive director of The GroundTruth Project, says the announcement will set the tone for the Trump Administration's commitment to the war in Afghanistan.
"I think what this is is a message that the U.S. isn't backing out anytime soon," Sennott said.
"If we go up to, say, 3,000 or 4,000 more troops, I don't think it's going to change the game on the ground much, honestly," he continued. "But I do think it's a signal. I do think it's going to shore up the bases that are there."
Earlier this year, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, Army Gen. John Nicholson, told Congress that the war had reached a stalemate and that more troops and money were required to keep insurgents at bay.
"This is a country that is locked in a stalemate," Sennott said.
"What we don't want to do is repeat the failure of Iraq, where the United States pulled out of Iraq, ISIS moved in, and the situation grew worse," he said.
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