U.S. Considers Faster Pullout in Afghanistan

New York Times ^ | July 8, 2013 | MARK MAZZETTI and MATTHEW ROSENBERG

[Timber Rattler]

Increasingly frustrated by his dealings with President Hamid Karzai, President Obama is giving serious consideration to speeding up the withdrawal of United States forces from Afghanistan and to a “zero option” that would leave no American troops there after next year, according to American and European officials.

[Timber Rattler]

Obama fouled his own nest there...it didn't help when he got caught negotiating with the Taliban behind Karzai's back.

[Timber Rattler]

"A videoconference between Mr. Obama and Mr. Karzai designed to defuse the tensions ended badly, according to both American and Afghan officials with knowledge of it. Mr. Karzai, according to those sources, accused the United States of trying to negotiate a separate peace with both the Taliban and their backers in Pakistan, leaving Afghanistan’s fragile government exposed to its enemies. "

[Jack Hammer]

There’s no ‘pulling out’ of the War on Terror.

There’s only a collapse of the front lines closer to home - the mainland US.

Pull US troops out of foreign engagement, and the battles will be in America’s streets.

[Diogenesis]

Obama works with al Qaeda.

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President Ronald Reagan:

"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction.
We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream.
It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same,
or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children
and our children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were free."

[NonValueAdded]

Ah, so Karzai got hold of a copy of the script.

[Truth29]

Obama strategy: Run, and spread chaos as you go. American soldiers should not risk a hangnail for Emperor Zero.

[bonehead4freedom]

Didn’t we have to end the wrong war in Iraq so we could focus on the real war in Afghanistan? That’s what we heard in 2008,where are those democrats now?

[Black Agnes]

I’m getting a mental picture of a helicopter on top of an embassy building with a long line of people jostling for access to the helicopter.

Anybody seen a picture like that before?

[cripplecreek]

Pull US troops out of foreign engagement, and the battles will be in America’s streets.

Ahh yes, the good old perpetual war for perpetual peace.

[warchild9]

The 1%’ers had established the cut-and-run strategy from the beginning.

Believing otherwise is naive.

[WayneS]

It’s too late for a “faster pull-out” - In 2008 Obama promised we would be out within a couple of years.

[Truth29]

"Anybody seen a picture like that before?"

It would be good to see one like that with Obama climbing into the chopper surrounded by ten million Americans screaming "Leave" like the Egyptians did to Morsi.

[cripplecreek]

I’m getting a mental picture of a helicopter on top of an embassy building with a long line of people jostling for access to the helicopter.

Better a 1 time chopper than flag draped coffins for decades.

[Jack Hammer]

The “perpetual peace” doesn’t seem to be going very well in the Moslem world, lately.

Syria, Egypt, Libya, Pakistan, Afghanistan... personally, I think we’re stuck with it, whether we like it or not.

[Netz]

That’s OK, at least Obama will eb able to claim it was all Bush’s fault...

[FreedomPoster]

We’ve been in Afghanistan for a decade longer than we should have been. You can’t civilize a nation of savages, at least not with the constraints of modern political correctness.

Loosen the ROEs so our guys can protect themselves and get the h*** out.

[HonorInPa]

I “considered” a faster pullout once too. My daughter is now 31 years old.

[cripplecreek]

Syria, Egypt, Libya, Pakistan, Afghanistan... personally, I think we’re stuck with it, whether we like it or not.

Screw em.

[cripplecreek]

To some, true glory means an inbound soldier can tell his buddies “My great granddaddy built this base”.

[Einherjar]

My oldest has the nick name..”Rimshot”