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Chris Miller now says talk of a full withdrawal was a “play” to convince a Taliban-led government to keep U.S. counterterrorism forces. President Donald Trump’s top national security officials never intended to pull all U.S. troops out of Afghanistan, according to new statements by Chris Miller, Trump’s last acting defense secretary. Miller said the president’s public promise to finish withdrawing U.S. forces by May 1, as negotiated with the Taliban, was actually a “play” that masked the Trump administration’s true intentions: to convince Afghan President Ashraf Ghani to quit or accept a bitter power-sharing agreement with the Taliban, and to...

When the proverbial 'they' start confiscating firearms - what type of guns would you be more willing to relinquish? (any red blooded American the obvious answer is none) But for a thought experiment. - Handguns, AR-15(and similar firearms), or shotguns? Since I understand the 2nd Amendment to mostly be addressing citizens defending themselves from tyranny, I lean toward handguns. Note I say this as a CCW holder who carries legally and in legal places in my state all the time. I find it interesting the NPCs (programmed for tyranny) want to rid the US of AR's - which are involved...