On Christmas, Obama marks end of Afghan combat

[enhanced_deficit]

This is strange timing, SWC ddg was golfing in Hawaii this week, so this major war is ended during golf trip?

On Christmas, Obama marks end of Afghan combat

AP 10:41 p.m. EST December 25, 2014
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KANEOHE BAY, Hawaii (AP) — President Barack Obama marked the end of more than a decade of combat in Afghanistan by paying tribute to America's military, telling troops on Christmas Day that their sacrifices have allowed for a more peaceful, prosperous world to emerge out of the ashes of 9/11.
At an oceanfront Marine Corps base in Hawaii, Obama told troops that while tough challenges remain for the U.S. military in hotspots like Iraq and West Africa, the world as a whole is better off because American troops put country first and served with distinction. He said Americans and their president could not be more thankful.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/12/25/obama-christmas-afghanistan/20904549/



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[Thaddaeus]

Perhaps he was inspired by John Lennon -- "Merry Christmas (The War is Over)". It would also guarantee most Americans' attention is focused elsewhere. By the time they realize something has happened, it will be time to be distracted by the pretty fireworks.

[enhanced_deficit]

Perhaps he was inspired by John Lennon -- "Merry Christmas (The War is Over)".

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[r3volution 3.0]

I didn't know they had a Jack Rabbit Slim's in Honolulu.

[alucard13mm]

It is almost as retarded as Bush's... "MISSION ACCOMPLISHED"

The commander in chief should be commanding his troops or at least be stationed in the same country that the men are fighting in. Are any of the generals making the calls actually on the battlefield or near the front? lol

[Spikender]

If only we could mark the end of American intervention worldwide. That'd be a nice Christmas gift. Better than some goddamn thermal socks.

[69360]

Nobody really believes it is over.

[jmdrake]

As we send thousands of troops back into Iraq thanks to his stupid policy of destabilizing Syria.....

[kcchiefs6465]

Troops will be in Afghanistan until at least 2024.

It's really such a mess that I don't know where to begin anymore. So I won't.

[phill4paul]

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[jmdrake]

Let's see. Anyone else see a pattern? Start off with 1 number, "surge" to a ridiculously unsustainable number, then reduce to a more "manageable" number and declare the war over.

Thirteen years and $1 trillion later, the U.S. is preparing to pull the vast majority of its combat troops out of Afghanistan by year's end, as the U.S. and its partners seek to turn the page on a bloody chapter that started the day that al-Qaida militants struck American soil on Sept. 11, 2011. From a peak 140,000 troops in 2010, the U.S. and NATO plan to leave just 13,500 behind for training and battlefield support.

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Bush: Won't tell ya untill u gives me ur nobel peace prize thingy.


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KABUL (Pajhwok): Thirty-three years ago this week, 120,000 Soviet troops backed by helicopters, fighters jets, and tanks invaded Afghanistan ...

[enhanced_deficit]

Nobody really believes it is over.

You may be right. If it is over, who dropped these bombs?


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LOGAR, Afghanistan: Afghan officials said that a NATO air strike on Friday killed five civilians and wounded six others, just days before the ...


5 civilians dead in Logar airstrike

Ahmad Sohail, a resident of Abjosh locality, said the airstrike completely leveled two houses


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Five civilians were killed and as many wounded in a NATO airstrike in the Baraki Barak district of central Logar province, the town’s administrative chief said on Friday.
Eng. Rahim Amin told Pajhwok Afghan News the air assault took place late on Thursday night in Abjosh area.



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[enhanced_deficit]

US/NATO trained security forces take over charge and on first day kill 20 civilians by bombing a wedding :

Afghans take over full security charge, mortars kill 20 civilians


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A wounded Afghan girl is rushed to a hospital in Helmand province December 31, 2014. REUTERS/ Abdul …

KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan assumed full responsibility for security from departing foreign combat troops on Thursday, a day after Afghan army mortar shells killed at least 20 civilians attending a wedding party in volatile southern Helmand province.
The move will test the readiness of 350,000 Afghan forces who will bear responsibility for fighting increasingly organized Taliban insurgents.
The U.S.-led coalition troops formally ended their combat mission more than 13 years

However, about 13,000 foreign troops, mostly Americans, will remain in the country under a new two-year mission named "Resolute Support" to train Afghan troops.
"I want to congratulate my people today that Afghan forces are now able to take full security responsibility in protecting their country's soil and sovereignty," President Ashraf Ghani said in a speech to mark the handover.
Afghan army mortar rounds killed at least 20 civilians and wounded scores attending a wedding party in Helmand on Wednesday, provincial officials said.

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