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So says the guy with no insight, no proof and no clue. I don't speak on this ignorantly. There are dozens of troop deployments slated for TY21. To all sorts of regions...Jordan, Kuwait, Afghanistan, to replace the security details in and around Baghdad, to replace the troops in Yemen.
You are just angry that you can't see it because your heads so far up Trumps ass.
and all you got is "Bunk". GTFOH.
Never attempt to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig.
Robert Heinlein
Give a man an inch and right away he thinks he's a ruler
Groucho Marx
I love mankind…it’s people I can’t stand.
Linus, from the Peanuts comic
You cannot have liberty without morality and morality without faith
Alexis de Torqueville
Those who fail to learn from the past are condemned to repeat it.
Those who learn from the past are condemned to watch everybody else repeat it
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MAGA Allies: 'Bully Israel with undeclared nukes steals land'
Dangerous conspiracy theories on Right claim MAGA fake frontgroup
Poll: Should US apologize for financing radicalization of Afghan children in 80s?
Obama-Clinton Years: A Violent Chapter in World History
Trump: If (Neocon) Adelson Backs Rubio "He'll Have Total Control" Over Him
Delta variant, death of 9 Chinese engineers in terror attack led to airport chaos & quick Kabul fall?
You can't be this obtuse.
More are coming home than are going out, Trump is leaving Afghanistan completely and Iraq completely but not all at once, he is also decreasing the number of troops in other places.
But they don't leave units overseas permanently so they constantly send out new units to replace old units that are coming home.
Never attempt to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig.
Robert Heinlein
Give a man an inch and right away he thinks he's a ruler
Groucho Marx
I love mankind…it’s people I can’t stand.
Linus, from the Peanuts comic
You cannot have liberty without morality and morality without faith
Alexis de Torqueville
Those who fail to learn from the past are condemned to repeat it.
Those who learn from the past are condemned to watch everybody else repeat it
A Zero Hedge comment
Never attempt to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig.
Robert Heinlein
Give a man an inch and right away he thinks he's a ruler
Groucho Marx
I love mankind…it’s people I can’t stand.
Linus, from the Peanuts comic
You cannot have liberty without morality and morality without faith
Alexis de Torqueville
Those who fail to learn from the past are condemned to repeat it.
Those who learn from the past are condemned to watch everybody else repeat it
A Zero Hedge comment
OP, instead of indulging in personal attacks and calling others names, care to answer a simple question:
Is it true that there are 8,000-10,000 more troops in mideast today than there were when GOPA funded leader took charge of White House?
If so, isn't it time to stop 'So it begins/So it flip-flops again' type vague and misleading headlines & "very soon xyz would happen" promises and start citing concrete numbers?
There will be plenty of time to celeberate after your predictions have come true, I hope they do.
MAGA Allies: 'Bully Israel with undeclared nukes steals land'
Dangerous conspiracy theories on Right claim MAGA fake frontgroup
Poll: Should US apologize for financing radicalization of Afghan children in 80s?
Obama-Clinton Years: A Violent Chapter in World History
Trump: If (Neocon) Adelson Backs Rubio "He'll Have Total Control" Over Him
Delta variant, death of 9 Chinese engineers in terror attack led to airport chaos & quick Kabul fall?
Never attempt to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig.
Robert Heinlein
Give a man an inch and right away he thinks he's a ruler
Groucho Marx
I love mankind…it’s people I can’t stand.
Linus, from the Peanuts comic
You cannot have liberty without morality and morality without faith
Alexis de Torqueville
Those who fail to learn from the past are condemned to repeat it.
Those who learn from the past are condemned to watch everybody else repeat it
A Zero Hedge comment
Senior Afghan peace official Abdullah Abdullah arrived in Pakistan on Monday for meetings in a country seen as vital to the success of Afghan talks aimed at ending decades of war.
During his three-day visit to Islamabad, Abdullah, a former foreign minister and chairman of Afghanistan's High Council for National Reconciliation, will meet Prime Minister Imran Khan as well as Pakistan's foreign minister.
"Pakistan fully supports all efforts for peace," its foreign ministry spokesman said in a statement.
"The visit of Dr Abdullah Abdullah will contribute to further strengthening amity, brotherhood and close cooperation."
The United States has acknowledged Pakistan's help in fostering Afghan peace efforts including in encouraging the Taliban to negotiate.
The U.S. special representative for Afghanistan, Zalmay Khalilzad, said last week the United States and its allies were looking at an agreement between Afghanistan and Pakistan so that neither side's territory would be used to attack the other.
More at: https://news.yahoo.com/afghan-offici...093639435.html
Never attempt to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig.
Robert Heinlein
Give a man an inch and right away he thinks he's a ruler
Groucho Marx
I love mankind…it’s people I can’t stand.
Linus, from the Peanuts comic
You cannot have liberty without morality and morality without faith
Alexis de Torqueville
Those who fail to learn from the past are condemned to repeat it.
Those who learn from the past are condemned to watch everybody else repeat it
A Zero Hedge comment
The Afghan government and Taliban negotiators are nearing a compromise on a key sticking point that has stalled peace talks in Doha, a senior Afghan official said Wednesday.
The Taliban, who are Sunni hardliners, had insisted on strict adherence to the Hanafi school of Sunni Islamic jurisprudence, but government negotiators worried this could be used to discriminate against the predominantly Shi'ite Hazara community and other religious minorities.
Abdullah Abdullah, chairman of Afghanistan's High Council for National Reconciliation that is overseeing Kabul's peace push, said in an interview with AFP that after several small-group meetings in Doha, the issue had been resolved "to a large extent".
Both sides have provisionally agreed "to recognise the principal issue of Hanafi's role without any discrimination to Shia communities or minorities, so … the compromise is around that," Abdullah said.
Resolution of the issue means one less obstacle as negotiators try to draw up an agenda for talks, which could take years to complete.
Another stumbling block has emerged: the extent to which the Taliban recognise the legitimacy of the Kabul government under a future deal.
The insurgents have always insisted President Ashraf Ghani's government is a US-enabled "puppet" regime. In the deal the Taliban cut with Washington in February, they did not have to recognise Kabul.
Similarly, the Taliban now want any future peace deal to exclude overt references to the government and instead to frame the agreement as some sort of "intra-Afghan" accord.
Without providing details, Abdullah said the two sides appeared to have made progress on the issue.
He said after a slow start, the negotiating teams were now "getting along quite well and this latest impasse, hopefully we will overcome it soon."
More at: https://news.yahoo.com/negotiators-n...183550487.html
Never attempt to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig.
Robert Heinlein
Give a man an inch and right away he thinks he's a ruler
Groucho Marx
I love mankind…it’s people I can’t stand.
Linus, from the Peanuts comic
You cannot have liberty without morality and morality without faith
Alexis de Torqueville
Those who fail to learn from the past are condemned to repeat it.
Those who learn from the past are condemned to watch everybody else repeat it
A Zero Hedge comment
Never attempt to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig.
Robert Heinlein
Give a man an inch and right away he thinks he's a ruler
Groucho Marx
I love mankind…it’s people I can’t stand.
Linus, from the Peanuts comic
You cannot have liberty without morality and morality without faith
Alexis de Torqueville
Those who fail to learn from the past are condemned to repeat it.
Those who learn from the past are condemned to watch everybody else repeat it
A Zero Hedge comment
Never attempt to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig.
Robert Heinlein
Give a man an inch and right away he thinks he's a ruler
Groucho Marx
I love mankind…it’s people I can’t stand.
Linus, from the Peanuts comic
You cannot have liberty without morality and morality without faith
Alexis de Torqueville
Those who fail to learn from the past are condemned to repeat it.
Those who learn from the past are condemned to watch everybody else repeat it
A Zero Hedge comment
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The U.S. special envoy to Afghanistan said on Thursday he had struck an agreement with the insurgent Taliban to "re-set" their commitments under a troop withdrawal deal and reduce the number of casualties in the country, which has seen heavy fighting in southern Helmand province.
This week, the Taliban launched a major offensive in Helmand, attempting to take the provincial capital and ensuing fighting had displaced thousands of civilians.
U.S. envoy Zalmay Khalilzad said on Twitter that he and General Scott Miller, the commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, had held several meetings with the Taliban.
"We agreed to re-set actions by strictly adhering to implementation of all elements of the U.S.-Taliban Agreement and all commitments made," he said. "At present too many Afghans are dying. With the re-set, we expect that number to drop significantly."
In a sign that negotiations were continuing, a Taliban spokesman and an Afghan government negotiator said on Wednesday some of their negotiators had met after a pause to discuss disputed issues and "present solutions".
More at: https://news.yahoo.com/trump-tweet-g...121348891.html
Never attempt to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig.
Robert Heinlein
Give a man an inch and right away he thinks he's a ruler
Groucho Marx
I love mankind…it’s people I can’t stand.
Linus, from the Peanuts comic
You cannot have liberty without morality and morality without faith
Alexis de Torqueville
Those who fail to learn from the past are condemned to repeat it.
Those who learn from the past are condemned to watch everybody else repeat it
A Zero Hedge comment
Qatar has agreed to facilitate peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban following unsuccessful attempts to reach an agreement, Khaama Press reported Nov. 1. ...
More at: https://worldview.stratfor.com/situa...an-peace-talks
Never attempt to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig.
Robert Heinlein
Give a man an inch and right away he thinks he's a ruler
Groucho Marx
I love mankind…it’s people I can’t stand.
Linus, from the Peanuts comic
You cannot have liberty without morality and morality without faith
Alexis de Torqueville
Those who fail to learn from the past are condemned to repeat it.
Those who learn from the past are condemned to watch everybody else repeat it
A Zero Hedge comment
Meaningless. If Trump wanted the troops home they would be home by now. It isn't the advisors who are doing it, it's Trumps lack of policy and disdain for the Constitution that is getting in the way. Just another Lucy who puts the football out and takes it back at the moment of impact.
He has 2 more months to do it but there is no reason to believe he will.
Most of them are home by now and the rest will soon join them.
Trump has had to manage public perception and not just fire the entire Pentagon while forcing them to bring all the troops home at once but now that he has bee re-elected (yes, he has) he will not need to concern himself so much with such things.
They will all be gone by Christmas just like he said in spite of what anyone else said.
Never attempt to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig.
Robert Heinlein
Give a man an inch and right away he thinks he's a ruler
Groucho Marx
I love mankind…it’s people I can’t stand.
Linus, from the Peanuts comic
You cannot have liberty without morality and morality without faith
Alexis de Torqueville
Those who fail to learn from the past are condemned to repeat it.
Those who learn from the past are condemned to watch everybody else repeat it
A Zero Hedge comment
Never attempt to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig.
Robert Heinlein
Give a man an inch and right away he thinks he's a ruler
Groucho Marx
I love mankind…it’s people I can’t stand.
Linus, from the Peanuts comic
You cannot have liberty without morality and morality without faith
Alexis de Torqueville
Those who fail to learn from the past are condemned to repeat it.
Those who learn from the past are condemned to watch everybody else repeat it
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So you have no proof. Understood
Make something else up.
I have a better idea, why don't you stop with this he's bringing troops home and when it doesn't happen it's not his fault, garbage. You're about as believable as Trump.
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You can't read?
The U.S. military is reducing troops in Afghanistan from 8,600 to about 4,500 by early November, the head of U.S Central Command said Wednesday, hours after he announced the withdrawal of more service members from Iraq this month.
More at: https://www.voanews.com/usa/centcom-...ghanistan-4500
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You can do better than that.
It's a fact, he is bringing them home and he couldn't do it any faster.
Never attempt to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig.
Robert Heinlein
Give a man an inch and right away he thinks he's a ruler
Groucho Marx
I love mankind…it’s people I can’t stand.
Linus, from the Peanuts comic
You cannot have liberty without morality and morality without faith
Alexis de Torqueville
Those who fail to learn from the past are condemned to repeat it.
Those who learn from the past are condemned to watch everybody else repeat it
A Zero Hedge comment
You can't stop playing your juvenile made up gotcha games?
Yes Iraq is looking good in comparison. But wtf does that have to do with Afghanistan?
When it happens then I'll believe it. I understand the exact troop levels are an estimate for security reasons but all I've read is "it's going to happen". Not it has happened.
No proof. But Trump said he would and that means what again? Believe all Presidents????
Of course he could have done it faster. Like not sending in more troops at the beginning of his term because he's not grounded in policy. In the end, it's about money with him which isn't a bad thing.
Hopefully it does happen but I have my doubts. It would be good for you too since your arms wont be so tired from carrying Trumps water around
When you quit lying.
You CAN'T read.
IT IS SAYS AFGHANISTAN.
Again you can't read, they gave an exact number for how many were left when that article was written and it was far lower than before, it HAS ALREADY HAPPENED, most of the troops are gone and the rest are set to leave, they will all be gone by spring at the latest.The U.S. military is reducing troops in Afghanistan from 8,600 to about 4,500 by early November, the head of U.S Central Command said Wednesday
Maybe you can't do better than this.
No, he had to show that he tried to win before he "gave up" and left, political considerations exist whether you ignore them or not, he needs public support and the support of Republicans in Congress.
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It is happening, there is no doubt, only denial.
Never attempt to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig.
Robert Heinlein
Give a man an inch and right away he thinks he's a ruler
Groucho Marx
I love mankind…it’s people I can’t stand.
Linus, from the Peanuts comic
You cannot have liberty without morality and morality without faith
Alexis de Torqueville
Those who fail to learn from the past are condemned to repeat it.
Those who learn from the past are condemned to watch everybody else repeat it
A Zero Hedge comment
I'm not the one lying here you little pussy.
I CAN READ. YOU BOUGHT UP IRAQ AND THAT IS WHAT I CALLED YOU OUT ON YOU. it's a pussy move to claim otherwise
Again with your deceitful statements. By the end of the year or the spring? Make up your mind.
I can hear your excuse now, "well if he would have won he would have gotten them out in the spring."
If he was grounded in policy he would have never sent more troops over there in the first place.
Because Trump can't keep his word and is easily misled because he isn't grounded in policy.
Make some more crap up and put it on toast if you want to choke it down.
Some have been taken out. It could happen. I'll believe it when it finally happens. But that's only because Trump has broken his word too much.
Said the liar.
WRONG, you are the only one who brought up Iraq.
I say they will be home by Christmas like Trump said, the last word from the Pentagon was next spring, it doesn't make any difference for what we are talking about.
He has won and they will be home by Christmas.
He actually has to deal with politics if he wants to get anything done.
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This is why people like you never win or get anything done. (except for those who are enemy trolls whose only goal is to spread lies and keep people like Trump from winning or getting anything done)
You can't put it in the past tense, it is HAPPENING currently, you can say something if it stops or reverses.
Never attempt to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig.
Robert Heinlein
Give a man an inch and right away he thinks he's a ruler
Groucho Marx
I love mankind…it’s people I can’t stand.
Linus, from the Peanuts comic
You cannot have liberty without morality and morality without faith
Alexis de Torqueville
Those who fail to learn from the past are condemned to repeat it.
Those who learn from the past are condemned to watch everybody else repeat it
A Zero Hedge comment
Said the lying pussy
Sigh... I quoted your post that you copied and pasted. Own it copy and paste boy.
True. Except if Biden decides to stay.
I don't have your confidence on this.
Disagree. Policy first.
lol I'm not trying to stop Trump. You're a medicated side show freak.
Fair enough. It is trending that way. But like I said, he breaks his word too much.
Here's a novel take on Afghan troop numbers: why should we care?
If the goal is to reduce the cost to the US taxpayer, then whether there are 10,000 or 5,000 or 500 makes virtually no difference, and whatever savings there may be are overshadowed by the hundreds of billions in increased military spending overall. If the goal is to prevent US casualties, same thing: the active phase of the war where there were significant casualties is long over.
The idea that this administration represents some watershed moment in US foreign policy because it slightly reduced the leftover police force in Afghanistan is ludicrous. All the big problems of recent decades remain or have gotten worse: vastly excessive military spending, risk of war with Iran, risk of war with China, risk of war with North Korea.
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