Obama to make announcement on this later today. The time has not been set as of this posting.
9,700 of which are assigned to protect the CIA agent he just outed, and the remaining 100 to continue military operations elsewhere in the country.
Forward!
And the White House just announced Obama will speak from the Rose Garden at 2:45 p.m. EDT.
If you draw down your troops to a certain level don’t they all become more vulnerable?
Can’t we leave a couple well placed B83’s instead?
He will leave them there so they can die.
Stupid. 9700 trip wires for what?
That ain’t gonna make his kook base happy.
They better be dug in deep, heavily armed, and zero rules of engagement, because they are going to come after them, we already know from Benghazi they will be on their own, and left to fend for themselves, after the order to STAND DOWN comes, because we wouldn't want to hurt the 5,000+ Afghans that will be their support, and will turn on a dime.
The ZERO cannot be trusted in any adverse situation.
Just blowin off steam!
Doesn't he know that this will absolutely piss off Cindy Sheehan?!?!?
She will set up her tent on his favorite golf course and the media will be all over the place covering her and giving her face time and inviting her to 60 minutes, 20/20, This Week, Meet the Press...etc....
Yeah...Right...You bet...just after chickens learn to use their lips and whistle.
Fight to win, or get out. Leaving them in Afghanistan is cruel to them and their families. I thought these Democrats didn’t like cruelty?
Obama has two goals. He and his handlers have worked hard to make the two goals coincide: Harm America and allies, enrich himself. Every decision he makes is based on those two. He’s leaving troops there because, either someone paid him for it, or he hopes more troops will get killed. If they’re in Ft. Sill, Ft. Riley, or Ft. Hood, it’s harder to get them killed without dealing with political annoyances (the workplace violence narrative can only be used so much).
I thought Karzai said no. No U.S. troops at all.
We should pull out every american from that hellhole if they are not able to fight and remain hamstrung by this Obama regime. What are they there for? I realize there can strategic reasons to have assets close to Iran but not with such a small number of soldiers and this President would not use them for any noble purpose anyway.
So much for getting out.
That is the minimum number of troops needed to hold off the inevitable during Obama’s reign.
Idiot will leave a presence in Afghanistan but made a point of abandoning Iraq.
Bring back our troops.
The biggest threat to US citizens is DC, not Kabul.
We’re only there to protect the poppy fields.