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Top U.S. Commander in Afghanistan Says Mission Could Be Extended
Washington Free Beacon ^ | 1/20/20 | Staff

Posted on 01/20/2015 10:46:46 AM PST by Nachum

The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan says he could recommend extending the mission and maintaining U.S. troops in the country, Army Times reports. “I’m taking a look and assessing every day based on the enemy situation, based on how much we’re getting done with the Afghans, how they’re progressing on their lines of effort, how the [Train, Advise and Assist mission] is going, how the government’s coming along, [and] if we can really get after the objectives that we set,” said Gen. John Campbell, commander of the Resolute Support mission, during an interview Jan. 15 with Army Times. There are about

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KEYWORDS: afghanistan; commander; extended; mission

1 posted on 01/20/2015 10:46:47 AM PST by Nachum
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2 posted on 01/20/2015 10:47:48 AM PST by Nachum (Obamacare: It's. The. Flaw.)
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This is impossible because 0bama declared Afghanistan “So Over!”


3 posted on 01/20/2015 11:10:13 AM PST by Uncle Miltie (Bush / Clinton 2016! Clinton / Bush 2020! Uniparty Rules!)
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To: Uncle Miltie

Exactly I was thinking.


4 posted on 01/20/2015 11:13:31 AM PST by NEMDF
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To: Nachum

Sounds like General Campbell might need to freshen up his resume.


5 posted on 01/20/2015 11:21:09 AM PST by Organic Panic
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To: Nachum

An prime example of the decisive, results-oriented leadership provided by the current crop of our best and brightest...


6 posted on 01/20/2015 11:55:57 AM PST by WayneS (Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos.)
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To: Nachum

Gen. John Campbell has the correct view on Afghanistan. We can’t just bug out as Obama wants, the Afghans need support, our troops, air and intel, to hold the Kabul government together. If Afghanistan folds, so will Pakistan and the AQ, Taliban get Pak’s nukes.


7 posted on 01/20/2015 12:18:50 PM PST by RicocheT (us)
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To: Nachum
This doesn't come as a surprise since Nashville news reported about this the other night.....

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8 posted on 01/20/2015 12:42:58 PM PST by radu (May God watch over our troops and keep them safe)
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Well, how about if we bug out and disable Pakistan’s nukes on the say out?


9 posted on 01/20/2015 1:06:34 PM PST by Bigg Red (Congress, do your duty and repo his pen and his phone.)
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Active Duty ping.


10 posted on 01/20/2015 6:20:06 PM PST by Jet Jaguar
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