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Obama pledges "responsible end" to Afghanistan war
hamptonroads.com ^ | 5/25/14 | Julie Pace, The Associated Press

Posted on 05/25/2014 8:37:02 PM PDT by Nachum

President Barack Obama slipped into Afghanistan for a surprise visit Sunday and made clear that the U.S. will likely maintain a limited role here even after its combat mission ends this year and America’s longest war comes to a close.

“America’s commitment to the people of Afghanistan will endure,” he pledged.

Speaking to troops gathered in an airplane hangar on this sprawling military base, Obama said the war had reached a pivotal point, with Afghan forces assuming primary responsibility for their country’s security. But while many of the 32,800 U.S. forces now in Afghanistan will leave in the coming months, Obama said a continued military presence could help protect gains made during nearly 13 years of fighting.

“After all the sacrifices we’ve made, we want to preserve the gains that you have helped to win and we’re going to make sure that Afghanistan can never again, ever, be used again to launch an attack against our country,” Obama declared.

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KEYWORDS: bhogwot; end; obama; obamalies; obamavisit; oef; pledges; responsible; timetable
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To: Nachum
This is from a man who screws up everything he touches.


21 posted on 05/25/2014 9:12:07 PM PDT by darkwing104 (Forgive but don't forget)
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To: Nachum

Pretty disgusting coming from a punk who has never claimed responsibility for anything he’s touched.


22 posted on 05/25/2014 9:14:33 PM PDT by TADSLOS (The Event Horizon has come and gone. Buckle up and hang on.)
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To: darkwing104
This is from a man who screws up everything he touches.


23 posted on 05/25/2014 9:19:49 PM PDT by Cheerio (Barry Hussein Soetoro-0bama=The Complete Destruction of American Capitalism)
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To: Nachum

Brilliant Barry’s Plan in Five Easy Steps:

Step 1. Publish the name of the CIA’s Afghanistan Station Chief.

Step 2.....Ahh....maybe I should stop here.


24 posted on 05/25/2014 9:19:53 PM PDT by House Atreides
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To: Nachum

Uh, are they going to be able to keeps their doctors?


25 posted on 05/25/2014 9:21:57 PM PDT by Calvin Locke
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To: Nachum

Opium sales collection


26 posted on 05/25/2014 9:24:48 PM PDT by FlyingEagle
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To: Nachum

Remember when he said Afghanistan was THE GOOD WAR…?

Now he has lost it, and for anyone who knows what is actually going on in Iraq, now, the sad fact is that Obama has quietly also lost there, also.

In fact not a single Obama success floats into my mind.

EVERY country hates us more, and all the econ metrics are worse.


27 posted on 05/25/2014 9:36:21 PM PDT by gaijin
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To: Nachum

Raise the surrender flag and declare victory?


28 posted on 05/25/2014 9:40:08 PM PDT by QT3.14
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To: Nachum

““America’s commitment to the people of Afghanistan will endure,””

Says the guy who left our plans there in Limbo for the better part of a year because he feared it would hurt his chances to get health reform passed. Even Diane Feinstein got on his case over that one.


29 posted on 05/25/2014 9:55:14 PM PDT by DemforBush (A repo man is always intense.)
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To: Nachum

with Afghan forces assuming primary responsibility for their country’s security. .................................. All I can say is; The Poor Bastids, how soon can we expect the first influx of Afghan boat people to arrive?


30 posted on 05/25/2014 10:05:16 PM PDT by Bringbackthedraft (2016 an election or a coronation of a Queen?)
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To: Nachum

Did obama tell them if they come under attack that no one will help them if can help it.


31 posted on 05/25/2014 10:27:22 PM PDT by minnesota_bound
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To: Nachum

The msm will ignore the slaughter as they do in Iraq to protect their golden child just like they did in Vietnam.


32 posted on 05/25/2014 11:51:23 PM PDT by Eagles6 (Valley Forge Redux. If not now, when? If not here, where?)
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>> “After all the sacrifices we’ve made, we want to preserve the gains that you have helped to win ...”

“We’ve made...”

Perhaps he’s referring to the Country as a whole. Or maybe he has sacrificed something we’re not aware of.

“you have helped to win ...”

I suppose by “you”, he’s referring to the troops, not the White House kitchen staff that no doubt provides help feeding White House personnel.


33 posted on 05/26/2014 12:33:05 AM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: Nachum

Just words

To ensure the safety of AMERICA, muhammedan demon spawn must be decimated and neutralized, wherever they are concentrated in great number and have demonstrated belligerence towards the USA.

This moslem in the WH is taking a defeat lap and sending a message to the ragheads that they can resume attacking the West as long as he is in office.

The next 30 months will be chock full of horror.


34 posted on 05/26/2014 1:44:00 AM PDT by Rome2000
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To: onyx
I really am trying to adopt a 'love the sinner, not the sin' philosophy as I hit the downhill slope of life. But with this charlatan and his fellow travelers, it's really putting my willpower to the test.

No, strike that. I'm grandfathering in my original belief that they're all sacks of Godless horse sh!t. Sorry, Lord. I gotta draw a line somewhere.

35 posted on 05/26/2014 1:55:26 AM PDT by Viking2002 (Liberals - destroyers of both men and civilizations. The Fourth Turning Cometh.)
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To: Nachum

Responsible end to an irresponsible war?


36 posted on 05/26/2014 3:09:49 AM PDT by VTenigma (The Democratic party is the party of the mathematically challenged)
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To: Nachum

cut and run = responsible end....


37 posted on 05/26/2014 3:35:43 AM PDT by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole..)
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To: Nachum

One way to start is to ‘accidentally’ release and publish the name of the top CIA agent in the area. Oh they already did that. Treason has been committed about 10 time by this dictator.


38 posted on 05/26/2014 3:47:57 AM PDT by CincyRichieRich (Living in the midst of a silently coup.)
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To: Nachum

Mandatory military service and a dedicated war tax...let everyone have some skin in the game. Then let’s see how hungry we are for perpetual war.


39 posted on 05/26/2014 4:36:09 AM PDT by Wolfie
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To: Nachum

imagine obama lecturing anyone about being “responsible”


40 posted on 05/26/2014 4:41:37 AM PDT by silverleaf (Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
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