US Troops To Stay In Afghanistan Several More Years, Top General; Wars Not Worth It, Most Vets

[enhanced_deficit]

How can a subordinate contradict (apparently) a sitting Commander-in-Chief reputated as a fearless alpha leader, two and two don't add up:


Most veterans believe the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan weren’t worth fighting

James Clark
November 08, 2019
U.S. Army cavalrymen from 1st Platoon, Bulldog Troop, 1st Squadron, 91st Cavalry Regiment; walk by some of the qalat buildings of Charkh District while on their way into the village of Paspajak, Logar province, Afghanistan, June 20. (U.S. Army photo)
The majority of U.S. military veterans say America's most recent wars were not worth fighting, according to the results of a recent Pew Research Center survey published ahead of Veterans Day.
taskandpurpose.com/iraq-afghanistan-veterans-day-poll


U.S. Troops To Stay In Afghanistan Several More Years, Top General Says

November 10, 2019



The chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, Mark Milley

U.S. Army General Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has predicted that American troops, already in Afghanistan for 18 years, would remain in the country "for several more years."

In an ABC interview broadcast on November 10, Milley noted that, after the September 11 attacks in 2001, the original reason U.S. forces went into Afghanistan was to make sure that the country never again would be a haven for extremists who would attack the United States.

"That mission is not yet complete," the general said. "In order for that mission to be successful the government of Afghanistan, the Afghan security forces, are going to have to be able to sustain their own internal security to prevent terrorists using their territory to attack other countries, especially the United States."

There are some 14,000 U.S. troops in Afghanistan, as well as thousands of European forces participating in the NATO-led Resolute Support mission.




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Trump Just Hired the Guy He Sent to Free A$AP Rocky as His New National Security Adviser

[Swordsmyth]

Trump says otherwise.
The military can try to defy him but they don't get the final say.

[enhanced_deficit]

Military is trained to follow orders, not defy. Discipline is paramount.
You make it sound as if this is a banana republic.

[Swordsmyth]

Military is trained to follow orders, not defy. Discipline is paramount.
You make it sound as if this is a banana republic.

They are following orders.
But not Trump's.

[Anti Globalist]

The US troops will leave when the Deep State no longer wants to protect poppy plants and is satisfied with the destruction they caused to Afghanistan.

[RonZeplin]

US Troops To Stay In Afghanistan Several More Years

Unless Trump loses the 2020 election, and the next president (Commander in Chief) orders them to return to the USA.

[Almost] anybody but Trump 2020.

[enhanced_deficit]

Trump says otherwise.

LOL

How much trust you put in what he says, on a scale of 1 to 10?

Or you post here for comic relief?


He says something.

Then he says otherwise.

Sometime later he says otherwise of his last 'otherwise' saying.

Then commences a rinse repeat cycle... frequency depending on remaining gullibles in the spin cycle.

[angelatc]

LOL

How much trust you put in what he says, on a scale of 1 to 10?

Believing it during the primaries was the only logical thing to do. Believing it now would be foolish.

[Swordsmyth]

Unless Trump loses the 2020 election, and the next president (Commander in Chief) orders them to return to the USA.

[Almost] anybody but Trump 2020.

Trump is the only contender who will bring them home.
But we know what your agenda really is.

[TheTexan]

"That mission is not yet complete," the general said. "In order for that mission to be successful the government of Afghanistan, the Afghan security forces, are going to have to be able to sustain their own internal security to prevent terrorists using their territory to attack other countries, especially the United States."

Can't we just turn the whole country into a glass parking lot?

Ya know, click the "reset" button on that country?

[enhanced_deficit]

Can't we just turn the whole country into a glass parking lot?

Ya know, click the "reset" button on that country?

This is modern age, mass holocaust of civilians of any race/religion/creed is seriously frowned upon now. Use of WMDs on civilian population centers is also a big no-no now.

You seem to be still entertaining WW1/II mindset.

[TheTexan]

This is modern age, mass holocaust of civilians of any race/religion/creed is seriously frowned upon now. Use of WMDs on civilian population centers is also a big no-no now.

You seem to be still entertaining WW1/II mindset.

I completely agree we definitely don't want another holocaust. No WMD's should ever be used on jews. But I don't think there are any jews in Afghanistan.