Trump: I could win Afghanistan war 'in a week'

[Zippyjuan]

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/22/trump-afghanistan-war-1425692

He has had two and a half years so far to do it.


President Donald Trump on Monday touted a secret plan to win the war in Afghanistan “in a week” at a tremendous cost to life, but insisted he would rather work with regional partners to “extricate” U.S. troops and bring to a close the nearly two-decade-long military conflict.

“If we wanted to fight a war in Afghanistan and win it, I could win that war in a week. I just don't want to kill 10 million people,” Trump said.

“I have plans on Afghanistan that if I wanted to win that war, Afghanistan would be wiped off the face of the Earth,” the president continued. “It would be gone. It would be over in — literally in ten days. And I don't want to do that. I don't want to go that route.”

Trump, speaking alongside Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan in the Oval Office, said there exists “tremendous potential between” the U.S. and Pakistan, and predicted that the Islamic Republic would “help us out to extricate ourselves” from Afghanistan.

“Basically, we’re policemen right now, and we’re not supposed to be policemen. We’ve been there for 19 years in Afghanistan. It’s ridiculous, and I think Pakistan helps us with that because we don't want to stay as policemen,” the president said.

“If we wanted to, we could win that war. I have a plan that would win that war in a very short period of time, you understand that better than anybody,” Trump added, turning to Khan. But instead of “fighting to win," U.S. forces in Afghanistan are too focused on "building gas stations" and "rebuilding schools,” Trump alleged.

More at link.

[enhanced_deficit]

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/22/trump-afghanistan-war-1425692

He has had two and a half years so far to do it.



More at link.



“I just don’t want to kill 10 million people.”
The population of Afghanistan is around 35 million.
“I have plans on Afghanistan that if I wanted to win that war, Afghanistan would be wiped off the face of the earth. It would be gone, it would be over literally in 10 days.”
....
Trump recounted how the U.S. military dropped the most powerful nonnuclear bomb in its arsenal in Afghanistan in 2017 and suggested that the Pentagon had looked to use the weapon much more widely there.
“They were going to make many of them, and I said no,” Trump said.
High on Trump’s agenda with Khan was a request for Pakistan to help negotiate a truce between the Taliban and the Afghan government, so the U.S. could speed up the withdrawal of its troops.

EM.

But he said "no" to that path.

This peaceful approach could get him nominated for Nobel Peace Prize (http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?530768-Foreign-troops-to-quit-Afghanistan-in-18-months-under-draft-deal&p=6832485&viewfull=1#post6832485). If he managed to get troops out of there before 2020 elections and did not start any new war, he would be more worthy of Nobel Peace Prize than Obama.

[Todd]

Wow..using that logic, he could win the immigration war too. Just nuke Central and South America. Problem solved.

Where's TheTexan with his seal of approval.

[dannno]

“I just don’t want to kill 10 million people.”
The population of Afghanistan is around 35 million.
“I have plans on Afghanistan that if I wanted to win that war, Afghanistan would be wiped off the face of the earth. It would be gone, it would be over literally in 10 days.”
....
Trump recounted how the U.S. military dropped the most powerful nonnuclear bomb in its arsenal in Afghanistan in 2017 and suggested that the Pentagon had looked to use the weapon much more widely there.
“They were going to make many of them, and I said no,” Trump said.

What do you think of that, zip?

[TheTexan]

Wow..using that logic, he could win the immigration war too. Just nuke Central and South America. Problem solved.

Where's TheTexan with his seal of approval.

That would work. I like the way you think :up:

[pcosmar]

What would he win?

seriously.

SMFH

[tfurrh]

I could lose ten pounds in a week.

[oyarde]

I am thinking that win and afghanistan should not be used in the same sentence and if so probably not by sane people who have spent time there .

[Anti Globalist]

Can't win a war that wasn't designed to be won in the first place.

[Zippyjuan]

Trump talks tough militarily but never follows up on it. Though he did drop the "Mother of All Bombs" (largest non- nuclear bomb in the world) on Afghanistan shortly after taking office.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/23/politics/afghanistan-pushback-trump-comments/index.html


Afghanistan asks for explanation after Trump claims US could wipe it 'off the face of the Earth'


Washington (CNN)Afghanistan has demanded the United States clarify remarks made by President Donald Trump, who said the country "would be wiped off the face of the Earth" if he wanted to win the war in Afghanistan.

Fallout from the President's remarks rippled through a tense and confrontational meeting in Kabul between the US special representative for Afghanistan reconciliation, Zalmay Khalilzad, and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, according to two sources familiar with their conversation.

During the meeting, Afghan officials said Trump's comments were "unacceptable," given the relationship between the US and Afghanistan. At one point in his Oval Office remarks, Trump referred to dropping America's largest non-nuclear bomb on Afghanistan in 2017, and said that dropping more of them would be the "easy solution" to ending the conflict there.

Afghan officials also told Khalilzad that Trump should show more respect for Ghani's leadership. The State Department declined to comment, but previously unplanned follow-up meetings will take place in Kabul on Wednesday.

Publicly scathing

Publicly, Afghan officials were equally scathing.

"The Afghan nation has not and will never allow any foreign power to determine its fate," Sediq Sediqqi, the spokesman for the President of Afghanistan, said in a statement. "Given the multifaceted relationship between Afghanistan and the United States, the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan calls for clarification on the US President's statements."

The President's comments also drew condemnation from the Taliban, marking a rare topic of agreement for the insurgent group and the Afghan government.

Trump on Monday had suggested that he could put an end to the Afghanistan war in a week, but that it would cost millions of lives and wipe the country "off the face of the Earth."

A spokesman for the Taliban -- a group the State Department says is responsible for beheadings, amputations, stonings and civilian casualties -- condemned Trump's remarks as "irresponsible."

"Trump's policy that he does not want to play the role of a police officer in Afghanistan and that this war against an entire nation cannot be won so long as they are alive is something positive," Zabihullah Mujahid said in a statement. "However, his claim that he can wipe out Afghanistan, kill 10 million Afghans and win this war through such a method is irresponsible and we condemn it in the strongest terms."

The spokesman went on to criticize the US' ongoing military presence in Afghanistan, referring to a bomb that Trump mentioned during his appearance with Khan. The US dropped the largest non-nuclear bomb in the American arsenal -- the "mother of all bombs" -- on Afghanistan in April 2017.

[Swordsmyth]

Trump talks tough militarily but never follows up on it. Though he did drop the "Mother of All Bombs" (largest non- nuclear bomb in the world) on Afghanistan shortly after taking office.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/23/politics/afghanistan-pushback-trump-comments/index.html
Zippy is terribly disappointed that Trump hasn't killed millions of people.

[phill4paul]

Zippy is terribly disappointed that Trump hasn't killed millions of people.

Sure sounds like it.

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to Swordsmyth again.

[Stratovarious]

Do a search , tell me how many threads zippy 'ran' complaining about Obama's
lies, and dumb ash claims;

You can keep your Doctor
Your costs won't go up
Hawaii is in Asia
All 57 States
My Muslim Faith
Fake Birth Certificate
Constitution is seriously flawed


I may be able to save ya'll some time;

ZERO
Why is zippy here >?

:frog:

[Zippyjuan]

Do a search , tell me how many threads zippy 'ran' complaining about Obama's
lies, and dumb ash claims;

You can keep your Doctor
Your costs won't go up
Hawaii is in Asia
All 57 States
My Muslim Faith
Fake Birth Certificate
Constitution is seriously flawed


I may be able to save ya'll some time;

ZERO
Why is zippy here >?

:frog:

How many threads did you start on those topics? Links?

Don't recall if I started threads on those topics but I did participate.

[cruzrulez]

change the rules of engagement, obviously.

[shakey1]

Can't win a war that wasn't designed to be won in the first place.

Thread winner... +rep

[Stratovarious]

How many threads did you start on those topics? Links?

Hey look over there, Haley's Comet !!

:frog: