I told ya so Sports Fans. Just like during Iraq, I mentioned that we may be leaving, but we aint leaving. We may “reduce” troops in Afghanistan in 2014 but the Gov plans on us to be there for some time. How long, My bet is another 5years at least. Hmmm perhaps some of these fellas will still be there when I do combat deployment 6,7….8? Regardless whatever you thought was going to happen with us “leaving” in 2014, they fooled ya!
Did you really think we were simply going to go…”hey its 2014, well we got to go home”…Cmon, man! We will continue the “team building” there as mentors for along time.
FYI - current number of deaths in Afg (US only) 2160
Time for a CGar
Some 10,000 US troops will remain in Afghanistan after NATO combat operations end at the end of 2014, US media reports said Sunday. The plan is in line with recommendations from General John Allen, commander of ISAF forces in Afghanistan.
The administration of President Barack Obama aims to keep around 10,000 US troops in Afghanistan after formal combat operations in that country end in 2014, The Wall Street Journal reported late Sunday.
Citing unnamed senior US officials, the newspaper said the plan was in line with recommendations presented by General John Allen, commander of US and international forces in Afghanistan, who has proposed a force between 6,000 and 15,000 US troops.
This force will conduct training and counterterrorism operations after the NATO mission in Afghanistan formally concludes at the end of 2014, the report said.
About 67,000 US troops are currently deployed in Afghanistan alongside 37,000 coalition troops and 337,000 local soldiers and police that make up the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF).
The United States and Afghanistan launched crucial talks on November 15 on the status of US forces remaining in Afghanistan after the NATO withdrawal of combat troops in 2014.
The US has stressed that it is not seeking permanent bases in Afghanistan. It is also considered likely to shy away from a security guarantee, which would require it to come to the nation's assistance against aggressors.
That, however, is seen as one of the targets of Afghan negotiators.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai is said to be willing to accept a US troop presence post-2014 as long as his key demands are met.
According to the Journal, his main request is that American forces come under the jurisdiction of Afghan courts.
However, the paper said, some defense analysts outside of the US government believe that the training and counterterrorism mission would require a much larger US presence -- perhaps as many as 30,000 troops.
(AFP)
Nuts to Karzai! The thought of our Warriors under the jurisdiction of Afghan courts makes my blood run cold.
Posted by: Arrow | November 28, 2012 at 12:20 PM
Bring our men home. Let the 8th century throw backs
kill each other forever as they have forever. Who cares?
Posted by: Rrddbb | November 28, 2012 at 07:40 PM