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Warlord
06-29-2013, 12:11 PM
This is what "withdrawal" means when the lying liar (Obama) says so:

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International forces will provide logistical advice to the Afghan military up until 2020 after concluding that Afghanistan's national security forces will be unprepared for full operations when Nato combat troops withdraw from the country at the end of 2014.

As David Cameron paid a visit to British troops in Helmand province on Armed Forces Day, senior military sources indicated that Nato would need to play a major role in Afghanistan until the end of the decade.

The prime minister said British forces were reaching the final phase of the 12-year campaign. But senior British military sources said the Afghan forces would need advice on providing close air support, the distribution of food and fuel and on medevac facilities.

British military commanders have been able to make their assessments after Nato handed control of security for the whole of the country to Afghan forces this month. The commanders have concluded that a great deal has been achieved but that Afghan forces will not have built their capacity to full operational levels by the time Nato combat troops leave at the end of 2014.

The military advice contrasts with the approach of Cameron, who aims to have a minimal British footprint in Afghanistan by 2015. Britain is to provide financial help and is to run an officer training academy near Kabul dubbed "Sandhurst in the sand".

The prime minister arrived in Afghanistan on Saturday after General Nick Carter, the deputy commander of Nato operations in Afghanistan, told the Guardian that opportunities to build a dialogue with the Taliban had been missed in the past decade. The US recently announced that it would hold talks with the Taliban, who have been allowed to open a political office in the Qatari capital, Doha.

Cameron indicated that he had some sympathy for Carter's view. He told Sky News in Lashkar Gah: "I think you can argue about whether the settlement we put in place after 2001 could have been better arranged. Of course you can make that argument. Since I became prime minister in 2010 I have been pushing all the time for a political process and that political process is now under way.

"But at the same time I know that you cannot bank on that, which is why we have built up the Afghan army, built up the Afghan police, supported the Afghan government so after our troops have left, and they will be leaving under the programme we have set out. This country shouldn't be a haven for terrorists."

The prime minister said it was right to talk to the Taliban and dubbed the Nato operation a success after it denied al-Qaida a base in Afghanistan. He said: "We want a political solution as well as making sure we have a security solution. What we have done in Afghanistan is we came here to stop it being used as a base for terrorist activities. That has been and is successful."

The US agreed to talk to the Taliban after dropping a series of conditions which had included an unequivocal renunciation of al-Qaida and an agreement to abide by the Afghan constitution. The Taliban simply said they agreed that Afghanistan should not be used as a base to attack other countries.

British diplomatic sources voiced strong support for the change of tack by the US. They even suggested that the Afghan constitution could be amended to take account of some of the Taliban's concerns.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/29/international-forces-afghan-military-2020
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Related: UK General admits 12 years of war in Afghanistan and thousands of lives of servicemen was a waste of time
(http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?419740-Top-UK-general-We-should-have-talked-to-Taliban-in-2002)

enhanced_deficit
06-29-2013, 12:27 PM
Which military they will advise to?
The Taliban military that is widely expected to take over control after Obama pupms 2014 timetable expires or the current "untrustworthy insider attacks plagued" military that mostly represents a small northern ethnic community (about 27% of total population)?

Obama pupms don't seem to have a credible plan with almost total breakdown of trust with current "afghan partners" and seem to be throwing mud at the wall hoping it will stick. Fear of insider attacks seem to have already ended any real joint working arrangements already.

HOLLYWOOD
06-30-2013, 08:52 PM
These sociopaths and psychopath within the Washington DC beltway have squandered peace and have blown over $10 Trillion on War=Police State.

Power control freaks & profiteers have ruined the American middle classes and the country, while in the process made US all less safe. But isn't that the whole game plan? Keep the Military & Security Industrial Complexes funded? You betcha and it appears it will continue through 2020 just in one country alone. Remember, Congressman Sherman(D-CA) revealed from the house floor, that DHS funneled $1 Billion to NATO to overthrow Libya. I wonder how much of US taxpayer money will be funneled out of the U.S. to NATO & foreign nations through 2020?

69360
06-30-2013, 09:36 PM
so nato will be advising the taliban?