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Obama’s Counterterror Plan Has New Doubters: His Own Generals and Spies
Daily Beast ^ | 7/15/14 | Josh Rogin & Kimberly Dozier

Posted on 07/15/2014 1:56:46 PM PDT by Nachum

The idea of pulling nearly all American troops out of Afghanistan in 2016 suddenly seems pretty lousy, after so much of Iraq has collapsed under a similar scenario. When President Obama announced his plan to leave Afghanistan by the end of 2016, U.S. intelligence said it could be done safely. Now, intelligence and military leaders are privately warning that the U.S. counterterrorism forces could be needed there for much longer. During the internal administration debate earlier this year over the way forward in Afghanistan, the CIA supported a plan to degrade al Qaeda to the point that America could withdraw

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KEYWORDS: counterterror; doubters; obamas; plan
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1 posted on 07/15/2014 1:56:46 PM PDT by Nachum
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2 posted on 07/15/2014 1:57:06 PM PDT by Nachum (Obamacare: It's. The. Flaw.)
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The “terrorists” Obama and Holder are looking foreword to acting against are the “domestic terrorists” Holder has been talking about the last few days. Who are they, you ask? Well, just go into your bathroom and look in the mirror.


3 posted on 07/15/2014 2:06:59 PM PDT by JimSEA
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4 posted on 07/15/2014 2:12:01 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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Obama’s plan is to foment CHAOS.


5 posted on 07/15/2014 2:32:28 PM PDT by subterfuge (Hey NSA snoop, get a real job you idiot!)
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6 posted on 07/15/2014 3:05:27 PM PDT by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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Obama’s playing to lose... that’s what these people need to understand.


7 posted on 07/15/2014 6:27:26 PM PDT by GOPJ (A ship once out of port is hard to capture:know this now before it is too late. - Solon)
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8 posted on 07/16/2014 12:13:36 AM PDT by clearcarbon
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