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| White House: Exit plan from Afghanistan is key |
| 2009-11-25 |
| The White House says President Barack Obama is placing heavy emphasis on how the United States eventually will withdraw from Afghanistan even as he plans to announce a troop increase next week. White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said Wednesday that the United States is in its ninth year of military involvement in Afghanistan and "we are not going to be there another eight or nine years." Gibbs says Obama's recent meetings with military advisers have often focused on how to train Afghanistan's police and army so they can secure and hold areas taken from the Taliban after U.S. forces are gone. Obama will address the nation Tuesday night on his Afghan strategy from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. He will brief key members of Congress earlier that day. |
| Posted by:ed |
| #10 Plausible... except for the in concert part They could try, but the Germans will insist on doing it properly with one of those impressive sopranos in horns and a breastplate, while the French will want something sparkling and witty... and you just know somebody is going to get hit over the head with a cello. |
| Posted by: trailing wife in Buffalo 2009-11-25 23:40 |
| #9 And the VICTORY strategy...where is it to be found? It's un-liberal. |
| Posted by: gorb 2009-11-25 19:50 |
| #8 And the VICTORY strategy...where is it to be found? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2009-11-25 19:41 |
| #7 run out the clocks, huh? demolosers! |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2009-11-25 18:23 |
| #6 Looks like the Donks couldn't turn Iraq into another Vietnam. So they are going to go for Afghanistan - no matter how many american bodies it costs. Disgusting! |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2009-11-25 17:57 |
| #5 So all the Taliban and al Qaeda have to do is hunker down, with maybe a few attacks here and there to remind us, until we leave no matter what happens. Then they come back and take over once we're gone. Brilliant plan, Obama, you idiot. |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2009-11-25 17:20 |
| #4 Plausible... except for the in concert part |
| Posted by: Perry Stanford White 2009-11-25 16:54 |
| #3 Um Procop I think that Germany is plans to take over the UK shortly in concert with the French. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2009-11-25 13:17 |
| #2 Britain plans to exit Germany shortly, Prokopius2k. Surely that's something. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2009-11-25 13:09 |
| #1 Where's the exit plan for out troops who've been tied down in Germany and Japan since 1945 or Korea since 1953? It's not like they lack an economy to support their own defense. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2009-11-25 12:53 |