Posted on 11/18/2009 4:12:36 PM PST by Tamar Rush
White House Waves White Flag
Exit Operation Enduring Freedom
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Speaking as Western leaders gathered in Kabul for Thursday's swearing-in of President Hamid Karzai, US President Barack Obama said his forthcoming announcement about the war in Afghanistan will include his intent for a complete troop withdrawal in the immediate future.
"I am confident that when I announce my decision the American people will have a lot of clarity about what we are doing, how we are going to succeed... and most importantly what's the endgame on this thing," he told CNN.
"Unless you impose that kind of discipline it could end up leading to a multiyear occupation that won't serve the interests of the United States," the president said.
Mr. Obama added that he was determined to bring the war to an end before leaving office, though he was not asked if he expected that to be after 2012 or 2016.
"My preference would be not to hand off anything to the next president. One of the things I'd like is the next president to be able to come in and say I've got a clean slate," he said.
Mr. Obama’s abrupt remarks regarding a “clean slate” has raised concerns among allies.....
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No surprise here. It is the democrats communist DNA to cut and run.
That is awesome....LOL!!
It’s all about him yet again. The Afghans who risk their lives in order to help us help them will pay a price and their blood will be on his incompetent hands. He apparently has no concept of honor.
That’s not new. That’s what the RATs always do.
No surprise from the bal*ess o-bow-man phony coward.
The US Embassy in Kabul better build a helicopter platform on the roof for that last ride out of town - like Saigon April 30, 1975.
That end of war made America sick until Reagan became president. How many years post Obama will we suffer? America was still a super power when Reagan came, we won’t be post 2012.
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