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).
You know it’s getting bad when the Army has to have civilian contractor guards at the main gate of many bases because all the MPs are in Afganistan. And what’s this about retention being up. I would love to see how the sodomization of the forces and back to back to back tours in the Middle East are affecting retention and recruiting.