According to CNN, Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced Monday that he is planning to increase the size of the U.S. troops by up to 22,000 troops in Afghanistan, Iraq and other missions around the world during the next three years.  The new deployment will expand the U.S. troop level from the current 547,000 to a maximum of 569,000 during the next three fiscal years.

The increased level of US troops will help to ease the strain of deployment, as many troops have faced repeated lengthy rotations in Afghanistan or Iraq.

Gates said that tThe increase will not create new combat forces but will help both commanders in the field and families back home by reducing the pressures of multiple rotations.

Do you see any change in policy from Bush administration to the new Obama administration which promissed a ‘change’.  The only change which I see is the increased level of troops to intensify the war on terrorism in Afghanistan.  There is no significant change neither any indication of change in plan for the Afghanistan and Gulf region untill the complete control of the region’s resources.