Trump Orders Major Afghan Drawdown: 7,000 Troops To Return Home In Coming Weeks

[Swordsmyth]

CNN warns (https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/20/politics/trump-afghanistan-announcement/index.html) "officials brace for Trump announcement on Afghanistan" after Trump's Wednesday bombshell Syria troop pullout announcement. He's now initiated "a major drawdown" of forces in Afghanistan too, and while inside the beltway neocon heads might continue to explode, the broader public for which the seventeen year long Afghan war is deeply unpopularwill no doubt cheer the move. And already NBC reports Thursday evening (https://www.nbcnews.com/news/military/white-house-has-asked-pentagon-draw-plans-afghanistan-troop-withdrawal-n950591) based on defense sources the White House has asked the Pentagon to draw up plans presenting "multiple options" including a "complete withdrawal". Following the "options" order it now appears Trump has pulled the trigger and "ordered the start of a reduction of American forces in Afghanistan" according to a breaking WSJ report (https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-administration-is-considering-substantial-afghan-troop-drawdown-11545341452):


More than 7,000 American troops will begin to return home from Afghanistan in the coming weeks, a U.S. official said. The move will come as the first stage of a phased drawdown and the start of a conclusion to the 17-year war that officials say could take at least many months. There now are more than 14,000 U.S. troops in Afghanistan.
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The "significant drawdown" of U.S. troops in the country could begin as soon as within several weeks, according to sources cited in The Wall Street Journal (https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-administration-is-considering-substantial-afghan-troop-drawdown-11545341452). Currently there are about 14,000 troops in Afghanistan in continuation of a NATO advise, train and assist mission as part of the longest running war in United States history.

More at: https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-12-20/trump-weighing-major-drawdown-afghanistan-he-tweets-bring-our-youth-back-home

[Working Poor]

I think this is a good thing. I can hear the heads exploding all the way down here in my corner of the deep woods.

[phill4paul]

C'mon, everyone together in our loudest autistic screech! "We hate Trump! We hate Trump! We hate Trump!"

[Swordsmyth]

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[specsaregood]

in before anti-trumpers suggest he's bringing the troops home in order to implement martial law.
looks like they finally pissed him off to do something about it.
Go Trump! Keep it up, bring them all home. Germany next!

[phill4paul]

in before anti-trumpers suggest he's bringing the troops home in order to implement martial law.
looks like they finally pissed him off to do something about it.
Go Trump! Keep it up, bring them all home. Germany next!

That belief is already passing around on social media. Lol.

[Swordsmyth]

McCain has finally broken through and possessed Graham from Hell:

Sen. Lindsey Graham offered a grim response to reports that President Trump (https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-plans-significant-drawdown-of-us-troops-in-afghanistan-senior-official-says) is seriously considering a “significant drawdown” of troops stationed in Afghanistan, with the South Carolina lawmaker arguing that such a maneuver could make the U.S. vulnerable for “a second 9/11.”
“The conditions in Afghanistan – at the present moment – make American troop withdrawals a high risk strategy,” the Republican politician tweeted (https://twitter.com/LindseyGrahamSC/status/1075897915963523072). “If we continue on our present course we are setting in motion the loss of all our gains and paving the way toward a second 9/11.”

More at: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/lindsey-graham-says-withdrawing-troops-from-afghanistan-could-pave-way-for-second-9-11

[Brian4Liberty]

Our troops are defending democracy and social justice in Afghanistan. If they leave, you know what will happen...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXWhbUUE4ko

[AuH20]

Alex Jones sources are proving to be correct.

[Slave Mentality]

Any news about reducing foreign aggression is good. Not a lover or a hater, so good on him - just don’t give all their shit to the domestic police-army here.

[PAF]

Any news about reducing foreign aggression is good. Not a lover or a hater, so good on him - just don’t give all their $#@! to the domestic police-army here.

Agreed. But that damned video of trump promising biometrics keeps ringing my head. I got a couple of post cards in the mail already about eVerify DL being optional if I sign up now but will eventually become mandated. States are rallying to ban guns/accessories, it’s no longer conspiracy theory.

[nbhadja]

I think this is just the start of a lot of troops from different places coming home. Trump never liked us being everywhere.

[AuH20]

I think this is just the start of a lot of troops from different places coming home. Trump never liked us being everywhere.

I think his deal with the GOP establishment is officially dead, after he's been picking daggers out of his back over the last year.

[Origanalist]

I think his deal with the GOP establishment is officially dead, after he's been picking daggers out of his back over the last year.

If so I will turn on a dime and support him 100%. We shall see, much here to provide hope.

[AuH20]

If so I will turn on a dime and support him 100%. We shall see, much here to provide hope.

You also wonder if he knows who helped seed this entire Mueller investigation. It wasn't just the democrats. They had loads of help. Trump has to know the Neos set him up.

[Pauls' Revere]

Next, UNIFIED KOREAN PENINSULA!

[Swordsmyth]

Pakistan on Saturday welcomed President Donald Trump's decision to slash US troop numbers in Afghanistan, calling it a step towards peace in the war-torn nation.The decision to pull around half of the 14,000 American troops in Afghanistan has stunned and dismayed diplomats and officials in Kabul, and comes amid a renewed push for talks with the Taliban to end the 17-year war.
Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said the move was "a step forward" in the peace effort.
"The US reviewed its (Afghanistan) policy and then talks were held in Abu Dhabi, then there was progress in the talks and things are moving ahead," Qureshi told reporters in the central city of Multan.
"We expect that things will move further."
Qureshi added that Pakistan had released some Taliban detainees to help facilitate the peace talks and to "create an enabling environment".
There has been no official comment from the Taliban, but one of the militant group's senior commanders on Friday welcomed the decision.

More at: https://news.yahoo.com/pakistan-says-us-troop-withdrawal-step-forward-afghan-155137292.html

[kcchiefs6465]

Can they afford it?

[nbhadja]

I think his deal with the GOP establishment is officially dead, after he's been picking daggers out of his back over the last year.

Yes, he is throwing out the neocon trash like Mattis that restrained him for the past 2 years..it is awesome to watch!

[enhanced_deficit]

CNN warns (https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/20/politics/trump-afghanistan-announcement/index.html) "officials brace for Trump announcement on Afghanistan" after Trump's Wednesday bombshell Syria troop pullout announcement. He's now initiated "a major drawdown" of forces in Afghanistan too, and while inside the beltway neocon heads might continue to explode, the broader public for which the seventeen year long Afghan war is deeply unpopularwill no doubt cheer the move.
The "significant drawdown" of U.S. troops in the country could begin as soon as within several weeks, according to sources cited in The Wall Street Journal (https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-administration-is-considering-substantial-afghan-troop-drawdown-11545341452). Currently there are about 14,000 troops in Afghanistan in continuation of a NATO advise, train and assist mission as part of the longest running war in United States history.

More at: https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-12-20/trump-weighing-major-drawdown-afghanistan-he-tweets-bring-our-youth-back-home

Were those 2018 orders followed?






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