Posted on 07/15/2020 1:05:29 PM PDT by bitt
The Defense Department announced Tuesday that U.S. troops have withdrawn from five military bases and reduced the size of its forces in Afghanistan as part of the agreement reached with the Taliban in February.
Pentagon chief spokesman Jonathan Hoffman said in a statement that "U.S. forces in Afghanistan remain in the mid-8,000s and five bases formerly occupied by U.S. forces have been transferred to our Afghan partners."
"We maintain the capabilities and authorities necessary to protect ourselves, our Allies and partners, and US national interests," Hoffman said. "We will continue to execute our counterterrorism mission while simultaneously supporting the 38-nation NATO Resolute Support Train, Advise, Assist mission and Afghan National Defense and Security Forces as they work to secure peace in the country."
The U.S. and the Taliban earlier this year signed a historic deal with the goal of winding down what has become America's longest war. The U.S. agreed to a reduction in troops in exchange for a commitment from the Taliban that Afghanistan will not be used by terrorists to attack the U.S.
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Poison their wells, defoliate their crops.
Dynamite every bridge, dam, and power plant.
And leave.
Winning.
“Poison their wells, defoliate their crops.
Dynamite every bridge, dam, and power plant.
And leave.”
Afghanistan or DC?
“I’m thinking, I’m thinking....”
/Jack Benny
Yes, winning. And drying up Brennan’s secret slush fund as well, I’m surmising.
Drones are at the ready to lower the population of the Taliban Leadership
“Afghan partners”
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here’s the partnership:
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their hands, our pockets
Anyone know if there is a list of what nations these are and how many men each are sending?
There are figures for the coalitions that battled the two wars in Iraq. It would be nice to see one for Afghanistan.
If the US will negotiate will the Taliban, then they will negotiate with BLM.
Just pulling troops back home for the future unrest..
So what exactly did we accomplish?
Good. If conditions heat up over there again... TS.
That’s funny! Better watch out for black helicopters and big black trucks outside your house.
Destroy and salt the poppy fields, too.
Dead and mutilated Americans and $trillions pissed into the sand.
I’m not so sure Trump will get away with it, there is a Whole Lot of Money being made in the Opium trade for our CIA and friends. I can’t see Trump just giving that away back to the Brits unless we still get our cut. And what about the DEA run Labs in Mexico where the raw opium is shipped to be made into Heroin for US Customers, they just going to give that up?? We are Talking Billions and Billions of OFF THE BOOKS CASH Annually.
Sorry, I don’t see it coming to fruition, but it sounds like a good idea.
SNAFU - Situation Normal — — -—
The US keeps their part of the agreement, but the other party does not. What now!!
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