Posted on 08/03/2017 9:05:08 PM PDT by Lorianne
President Donald Trump’s top national-security advisers are searching for a way to overcome the commander-in-chief’s reluctance to send thousands more troops to Afghanistan as divisions on the National Security Council complicate strategy for the 16-year-old war, officials said.
The president’s reluctance to embrace an open-ended commitment has resurrected discussion of other options, including proposals to scale back the U.S. military presence in Afghanistan or to hire private contractors to play a bigger role. Top Trump administration officials met to discuss the options Thursday after Mr. Trump asked his team for alternatives, according to current and former Trump administration officials.
The search for a strategy for Afghanistan comes amid upheaval at the NSC following the removal of three staff members by H.R. McMaster, the national security adviser. The three officials were hired by his predecessor, Mike Flynn, before he was forced to resign after 24 days in the post.
The removals were welcomed by supporters of Mr. McMaster who saw the three as disruptive in pushing some unorthodox ideas backed by the president. The moves were decried by allies of the three as a purge designed to rid the team of Trump loyalists.
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis had hoped to have a new Afghan strategy in place by mid-July, but White House talks bogged down as Mr. Trump challenged the need to send more U.S. forces into a fight with no clear plan for success, the officials said.
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And I thought we hired Trump for his "unorthodox ideas" ...
I didn't vote for staying in Afghanistan for the next 300 years.
There can be compromise.
Send the security advisors in to bolster our presence.
And I think the IRS should go take a look as well.
Maybe the EPA.
We really do need an environmental impact study on the effects of American presence in Afghanistan.
Send in the transgender Coast Guard.
LOL that would make perfect sense since there is no coast in Afghanistan ... and there is not such thing as transgender either
We fight the longest war in American history on behalf of illiterate, boy humping heroin dealers..?
I find that utterly ridiculous.
it’s freaking obscene.
Swamp critters trying to push the president into another trap.
Trashcanistan endless war. Carpet bomb ROP camps every two weeks or so. No more troops!
MOAB MOAB MOAB. And then GTFO.
Beyond obscene ... it’s retarded.
Someone is making a lot of $$$ out of it though. That person or persons are not retarded, they’re smart at our expense.
Well, after 16 years of waging this war I’m glad they finally figured out what is needed to win. Apparently we were just 4 or 5 thousand troops away from victory the whole time. Who knew?
Look at the history of warfare in Afghanistan. The Russians tried it, lost 100,000. The Brits tried it, finally gave up. This is a hell hole. We won initially, only to give it up later. Leave, now!!!! No one wants this God forsaken piece of worthless territory. Go here and read about this worthless piece of crap. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/af.html
Leave them alone, they want to be alone and nothing will change that. It is and has been one of the most isolated countries and the Islamic clans want it that way. They still live in the seventh century—leave them alone!!!! It is not worth one more drop of blood, American or otherwise. Once again, the problem is that worthless “religion” started by the epileptic, murderer, rapist and child abuser named Mahomet.
No, actually, there can not be compromise. Pull all the troops from Afghanistan and bomb the hell out of anything we think is a terrorist haven. Let Afghanistan fix Afghanistan. And if not them, some other neighbor. Time for us to be LONG gone.
All of islam is pretty clear on where me and all my co-infidels stand and because of that, I just can’t buy into shedding a drop of US blood to save any muslim. If they get out of control, I am willing to carpet bomb them with MOABs.
Don’t do it Donald. We should not waste one more minute or one more dollar in that country. We can train them all we want, and they will still hate our guts, waiting for the chance to kill another gullible American soldier.
“who saw the three as disruptive in pushing some unorthodox ideas backed by the president.”
Therein lies the problem. The President makes policy.
The NSC carries it out. If they disagree they’re free to resign their posts.
L
Send Bureau of Land Management, HRT, and Oregon State Police.
agreed - Trump is correct that we squandered $6 trillion and thousands of lives and only made things worse.
stop throwing blood and treasure into a lost cause
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