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Trump Orders Big Troop Reduction in Afghanistan (Total pullout in months)
The Wall Street Journal ^
| December 20, 2018
| Gordon Lubold and Jessica Donati
Posted on 12/20/2018 5:10:07 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Sounds like a big move in the right direction.
Pray for the speedy and safe return of all our troops.
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posted on
12/20/2018 5:13:00 PM PST
by
flamberge
(It seemed like a good idea at the time)
To: Windflier
Yup! No strategy, no warriors.
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posted on
12/20/2018 5:13:53 PM PST
by
rktman
( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
To: Windflier
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posted on
12/20/2018 5:14:00 PM PST
by
2ndDivisionVet
(You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
I was there in 2007. By the time I left, I had concluded we would need to stay 100+ years to make a difference. And no one in their right mind would stay there 100+ years...
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posted on
12/20/2018 5:14:33 PM PST
by
Mr Rogers
(Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Promises made, promises kept. Great!
To: flamberge
God bless our president (for resisting the establishment)!
To: Windflier
In a sane world, if/when the Taliban surges, we would just go nuclear on them, literally. Just a few well placed warheads.... not the whole country, just a few Taliban clusters to clean things up a bit. We should never sacrifice one more great American life in that ####hole country.
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posted on
12/20/2018 5:15:43 PM PST
by
Trump_the_Evil_Left
(FReeper formerly known as Enchante (registered Sept. 5, 2001), back from the wild....)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Huh?
Are you saying this is fake news?
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posted on
12/20/2018 5:16:13 PM PST
by
Windflier
(Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
The trick will be to get them out safely.
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posted on
12/20/2018 5:16:21 PM PST
by
McGavin999
("The press is impotent when it abandons itself to falsehood."Thomas Jefferson)
To: Windflier
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posted on
12/20/2018 5:16:50 PM PST
by
2ndDivisionVet
(You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
To: Trump_the_Evil_Left
The Taliban learned from their hosting Al Qaeda. They won’t make that mistake again. They have no interest in going outside Afghanistan.
To: 2ndDivisionVet
It is about time. We have plenty of Missiles and Bombs to deal with future problems there. No need for Boots on the ground.
To: 2ndDivisionVet
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posted on
12/20/2018 5:20:37 PM PST
by
dontreadthis
(A TIMELINE OF TREASON on Profile Page)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Now fire everyone at USD(I), DIA, the Joint Staff, and CIA who couldn't succinctly identify the enemy and how to kill them.
That will leave a lot of people in the unemployment line, and will send a message to everyone: don't play games and don't be PC when it comes to war.
To: 2ndDivisionVet
About damn time..17 years, how many American lives have been lost in that sh*thole..bring our troops home!
To: 2ndDivisionVet
I have no doubt we have built in Afghanistan and Syria the capability to watch very closely whats going on with our ISR assets and national technical means.
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posted on
12/20/2018 5:21:44 PM PST
by
ironman
To: 2ndDivisionVet
He is clearly clearing military spending by doing this he will have enough saved in military spending to build the wall several times over. Bet on it. He knows this is his best option. Sure the dems will say he cant do that but he is the Commander in Cheif and he certainly can.
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posted on
12/20/2018 5:22:22 PM PST
by
TonyM
(Score Event)
To: Trump_the_Evil_Left
In a sane world, if/when the Taliban surges, we would just go nuclear on them, literally. Just a few well placed warheads.... not the whole country GWB should have done that during the first year. It would have saved untold lives and treasure, and the Taliban might now be a thing of the past.
I think Trump has looked it over, and has decided that his predecessors have FUBAR'd the mission so badly, there's nothing left to do but get our people out of there.
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posted on
12/20/2018 5:22:53 PM PST
by
Windflier
(Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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