John McCain actually said...

We must be clear that when we minimize our Army, we maximize the risk to our soldiers.

McCain warns that reducing Army size increases risks to soldiers.

02/10/2016

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Certainly an increase in corruption.

It alienates both Afghan and Pakistani populations?

17,000 additional forces are at best two-thirds of what his requirement would be.

We need to combine our top-down approach in Afghanistan of building up the Afghan army and the Afghan Government with a bottom-up approach.