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2018-12-22 Afghanistan

Decision made for 'significant' troop withdrawal from Afghanistan: US official

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Posted by Fred 2018-12-22 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top
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#1 Maybe POTUS is drawing down to reduce the possibility of Blue on Blue when the B-52s return en masse??

Posted by Bangkok Billy 2018-12-22 03:53|| 2018-12-22 03:53|| Front Page Top

#2 17 years and we can't win. What can we do in an 18th year?

Posted by Phaigum Elmavimble9218 2018-12-22 08:16|| 2018-12-22 08:16|| Front Page Top

#3 Going about this in a smart way, compared to the sudden turn tail and run Trump is doing in Syria (huge mistake to do it that way).

Posted by Injun Bucket8891 2018-12-22 08:53|| 2018-12-22 08:53|| Front Page Top

#4 ..distance from Afghanistan to the next deployable location vs distance from Syria to Iraq?

Afghanistan will never be 'solved' till Pakistan is a parking lot.

Posted by Procopius2k 2018-12-22 14:45|| 2018-12-22 14:45|| Front Page Top

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