Obama sends 17,000 more troops to Afghanistan

Obama sends 17,000 more troops to Afghanistan, his first deployment of troops overseas. It's important to note that Obama here is acting against the wishes of the Afghan and American populations as recent polls show. Only 34% of Americans and 18% of Afghans said the US should send more troops, while the rest said troops should stay at the current level or be reduced in number:
In the US, barely more than a third, 34 percent, said the number of U.S. military forces in that country should be increased. About as many would opt for a decrease (29 percent) or no change at all (32 percent).

In Afghanistan, public opinion is even more unwelcoming. In a recent ABC-BBC-ARD poll of Afghans, just 18 percent said the United States and NATO should increase their troop levels, and more than twice that number, 44 percent, wanted fewer outside forces.