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| Afghanistan |
| US, NATO review new troops withdrawal options amid ISIS rise and resurgent Taliban |
| 2015-09-26 |
| [Khaama (Afghanistan)] The commander of the NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A collection of multinational and multilingual and multicultural armed forces, all of differing capabilities, working toward a common goal by pulling in different directions... -led Resolute Support (RS) mission in Afghanistan has sent five different recommendations to the Pentagon and to North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) officials in Brussels regarding the withdrawal of the US and NATO forces from Afghanistan. The recommendations by Gen. John F. Campbell comes amid deteriorating security situation as the Afghan national security forces are going through the brutal fighting season with the rise of the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group and the resurgent Taliban. According to the Wall Street Journal quoting sources privy of the development, Gen. Campbell's recommendations include keeping the current U.S. presence at or near 10,000; reducing it slightly to 8,000; cutting the force roughly in half; and continuing with current plans to draw down to a force of several hundred troops by the end of 2016. The recommendations by Gen. Campbell comes as the officials believe that a resurgent Taliban or expanding Islamic State could pose a serious threat to the survival of the Afghan government. The officials also believe that a smaller force of several thousand Americans still could be effective at backing the Afghan government. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 "The Russians are coming! The Russians are coming!" |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2015-09-26 17:50 |
| #2 Get out while the getting's good. |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2015-09-26 08:52 |
| #1 Ingredere faciat pulmentum, effugere |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2015-09-26 03:57 |