Adding fewer forces than McChrystal really wants at the outset could give the administration additional flexibility later, officials have said. The option carries political risks, however, since Democrats weary of the war will rue any increase in the U.S. fighting force while giving McChrystal less than full measure opens the White House to criticism from the right that it is undercutting U.S. troops.
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