Posted on 08/20/2017 2:59:51 PM PDT by springwater13
President Trump has decided on a strategy for Afghanistan that also takes a broad approach toward tackling competing interests in South Asia, CBS News' Margaret Brennan reports.
The White House released a statement on Sunday saying that Mr. Trump will address the nation's troops and the American people on Monday evening from Fort Myer in Arlington, Virginia, "to provide an update on the path forward for America's engagement in Afghanistan and South Asia."
Officials expect Mr. Trump to announce a strategy that meets the requests of commanders in the field, allows for the deployment of around 4,000 more U.S. troops, and aggressively pushes Pakistan to stop acting as a safe haven for terrorists.
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Well, obama was arming Isis in Syria and he tied our troops’ hands behind their backs in Afghanistan with suicidal rules of engagement -—— if djt is reversing that then good !
How else we going to keep them opiates flowing to America for Agenda 21
Never going to happen.
Most of the hawk generals wanted at least 10,000.
More doable, but unlikely.
Bannon and the Blackwater founder Erik Prince had an idea of sending in thousands of contractors.
Prohibitively expensive.
If this really is the plan (1 x Brigade Combat Team), then I'm really underwhelmed. We've been there 15 years. What do they need these guys there for? To "train Afghani soldiers"? What the hell else have we been doing for 15 years? How does a single BCT make this a clearly winnable fight suddenly?
Color me highly unimpressed.
Me too. Looks like status quo.
Ef em...nuke the 7th century animals before they breed again tonight with some lonely sheep.
Yes I am serious, nuke em. Non of this shock and awe bs, just hell fire.
How many does that make if you do not count that he did NOT PROSECUTE HILLARY LIKE HE PROMISED.........
Shout it from the highest mountain my FRiend but it will fall on deaf ears when it hits the beltway around DC. These neocons that are leading President Trump around by the nose will have their war machine going full out...
I say just nuke the animals until the only living thing there has wool and glows in the dark.
>>Bannon and the Blackwater founder Erik Prince had an idea of sending in thousands of contractors.
>Prohibitively expensive.
If they’re sent in, they’re going to fight in the manner that US troops are not allowed to fight: Scorched earth.
“Come to think of it that was his campaign platform”
His campaign platform was a total defeat of ISIS.
Yeah, sure they are.
“Well, obama was arming Isis in Syria and he tied our troops’ hands behind their backs in Afghanistan with suicidal rules of engagement -—— if djt is reversing that then good!”
I am willing top give them a chance and see what happens. IMHO the war in Syria seems to have taken a turn for the better.
I just wan to know what’s the exit strategy? And when?
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Ah yes, the nice little escape clause of our 99% sacrifice free never-ending wars. Only 1% serve, and it all goes on the national credit card, so it can go on and on and in....
exactly and after 8 months when we found saddam we should have left as well.
Hope so. Yes
” Only 1% serve, and it all goes on the national credit card, so it can go on and on and in....”
Totally agree, but we voted in Trump and now we are not leaving A’stan.
Just leave the draft crap out of the conversation. No is being drafted.
amen
Quick! Send Auntie Fa over there to fight alongside the Taliban against this egregious imperialism!
We will never win in Afghanistan. Nobody ever has. It is where empires go to die.
We’ve done enough unless we are determined to wipe out the Taliban and whatever else the terrorists call themselves now we need to walk away.
We have left enough treasure there. The people of this country do’t appreciate it anyway. They need a taste of a threat to their freedom in their own back yard. They don’t deserve their hedonistic lifestyle on the back of great young men.
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