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| White House refutes report regarding US withdrawal from Afghanistan |
| 2018-12-30 |
| [DAWN] The White House on Saturday refuted reports that US President Donald Trump ...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States... has decided to withdraw almost half of American troops stationed in Afghanistan, Bloomberg reported. Last week, reports had surfaced that Trump was planning to withdraw 7,000 troops from Afghanistan by the summer, with an American official telling AFP on condition of anonymity "that decision has been made. There will be a significant withdrawal." However, the hip bone's connected to the leg bone... White House and US National Security Council spokesperson Garrett Marquis today rubbished those claims in an emailed statement, saying: "The president has not made a determination to drawdown United States (US) military presence in Afghanistan and he has not directed the Department of Defense to begin the process of withdrawing US personnel from Afghanistan." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #7 #6 - TRUE |
| Posted by: Frank G 2018-12-30 16:53 |
| #6 We're not fighting the Afghans, we're fighting Pakistan in Afghanistan. |
| Posted by: Harcourt Dingle9820 2018-12-30 14:35 |
| #5 ...The thing to keep in mind is this - we did BETTER than any of the Af's would-be conquerors, in any category you care to name...yet it still cannot be brought to anything resembling a civilized, controlled status. Burn it all to the ground. They are neither interested in nor desire joining civilization, nor shall they ever be. Destroy the trappings of modern civilization and let them worship their death cult in isolation. They - and the rest of Mankind - shall be far happier. Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2018-12-30 14:30 |
| #4 The pace of hunting down bad guys both at ground level and from above has accelerated, as was recently noted — and both by Coalition and Afghan forces. Given President Trump’s preferred approach that winning is the goal, I look forward to seeing how he chooses to shake things up on this battlefield, given what he has recently done in other areas of operation. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2018-12-30 13:37 |
| #3 There was a reason Britain called Afghanistan the graveyard of empires. Agree with Mike. Problem should have been solved from 30,000. feet. |
| Posted by: SR-71 2018-12-30 07:08 |
| #2 Should have given the Taliban 24 hours to hand over bin Laden's head and then smoked it all either way. Done and done. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2018-12-30 06:24 |
| #1 17 years of war. What are they going to accomplish in an 18th? |
| Posted by: Herb McCoy 2018-12-30 02:51 |