It looks like President Trump is serious about withdrawing troops from Afghanistan. There are reports indicating that the Pentagon is drafting plans to withdraw 7,000 of the 14,000 troops currently stationed there.
AP:
The Pentagon is developing plans to withdraw up to half of the 14,000 American troops serving in Afghanistan, U.S. officials said Thursday, marking a sharp change in the Trump administration’s policy aimed at forcing the Taliban to the peace table after more than 17 years of war.
One official said the troops could be out by summer, but no final decision has been made.
President Donald Trump has long pushed to pull troops out of Afghanistan, considering the war a lost cause. But earlier this year, he was persuaded by Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and others military leaders to keep troops on the ground to pressure the Taliban and battle a stubborn Islamic State insurgency. Officials said the latest White House push for withdrawal was another key factor in Mattis’ decision to resign Thursday.
The officials spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss internal deliberations.
This is the right move. We’ve been over there for 17 years and have spent trillions of dollars on these stupid wars. There’s no point in continuing them.
It’s really weird seeing all these shitlibs on television trying to attack Trump over this though. They’re claiming that endless war for Jews and Israel is good and that Trump is a bad person for not wanting endless war.
Their position is so unprincipled and ridiculous that it is hard to fathom. They’ve gone from being totally against foreign wars in the Bush 43 years to embracing every stupid overseas war we’ve gotten involved in.
