In the article, NATO Defense Ministers Endorse Wider Afghan Effort by Thom Shanker of the NY Times, NATO is pushing toward increasing troop presence in Afghanistan. This recent development is due in large part to General McChrystal's proposal to the President Obama. McChrystal has been advising the president on matters pertaining to Afghanistan and he suggests that greater troop presence is needed to combat the resilient insurgencies. If Obama acts on this suggestion, he will be labeled as a liar and a hypocrite in the eyes of skeptics who always doubted his proclamations that he would pull America out of the war in the middle east, but more lives could be lost if he does not head the General's advise. NATO has stated that in no way should Obama feel pressured to increase US presence in Afghanistan just because they choose to do so, but it is far too late for censors on the matter. In the next coming weeks, Obama will be making one of the most defining decisions in his presidential career and NATO's actions aren't making his decision any easier.
The article was informative and very straightforward. It was a far from dry though. There was plenty of drama in the story itself. Once Shanker had compiled his research, he used a clean format not weighted with disruptive quotes which allowed the story to tell itself. The ending is especially captivating with its wait-and-see suspense which was a nice touch to this still open story.
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