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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSounds like Trump is gonna surge more troops into
Afghanistan per MSNBC just now.
Well he got one seal killed already with piss poor planning.
Now it escalates.....
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get the red out
(13,466 posts)He wants to be seen as "strong". He is sickening.
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)Don't mind thousands of poor and middle class kids dying to make him look tough.
The man has never in his 70 year life ever did one damn thing for this country.
He will send others to their death though, no problem!
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)President Trump has sacrificed nothing and no one. But he's prepared to go full Farquaad now: Some of you may die for this ill-advised bit of military adventurism, but it's a chance I'm willing to take.
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)To abuse a couple who's son died for this country!
That still pisses me off to the max!
spanone
(135,844 posts)
etherealtruth
(22,165 posts).... as long as his deranged ego is stroked.
He doe not think or care if it makes the US safer or more prone to attacks and or ridicule.
Tanuki
(14,918 posts)
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)From the last decent Republican.
There will never be another that's for damn sure!
Vinca
(50,278 posts)
jmg257
(11,996 posts)...
Army General John Nicholson, who leads U.S. and international forces in Afghanistan, acknowledged Taliban gains over the past year, when deployed U.S. forces were reduced even as security deteriorated.
Nicholson said he still had enough U.S. troops to carry out counterterrorism missions against al Qaeda and other militant targets, but not enough to properly advise Afghan forces on the ground.
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Nicholson noted that Trump's defense secretary, Jim Mattis, would soon speak with allies and suggested Mattis might visit Afghanistan in the coming weeks.
That could help Mattis prepare his own recommendation to Trump, who has sharply criticized past U.S. administrations for their handling of conflicts in the Muslim world but has also pledged to eradicate militant Islamists around the globe.
http://time.com/4075066/obama-says-9800-troops-will-stay-in-afghanistan-through-2016/
The President’s reversal reflects an increasingly troubling reality: 14 years after they were displaced by the U.S.-led invasion of the country, Taliban insurgents are staging a violent comeback. Meanwhile, against the backdrop of a much-reduced foreign troop cover — the current U.S. presence, for example, is down from a high of over 100,000 in 2011 — there is little sign that Afghan forces are strong enough to defend the country from the insurgency.
The fall of Kunduz in late September underscored the challenge. The northern Afghan city was the Taliban’s last stronghold in 2001. Its security had been under question since earlier this year, when the insurgents began attacking the city. But despite months of warnings, the Taliban reclaimed Kunduz on Sept. 28 — the day before the national unity government of the Afghan President Ashraf Ghani marked its first anniversary in office.
The insurgents were eventually driven out the city, after Afghan forces, backed up by the U.S. military, launched a massive counteroffensive. But the fall of Kunduz highlighted the potency of the Taliban under it’s new leader, Mullah Akhtar Muhammad Mansour, who took over after the confirmation of the death of longtime Taliban chief Mullah Omar in July. It also sharpened concerns about the state of Afghan forces, and the ability of the Afghan government to maintain its hold on the country.
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)Just damn!!
Brother Buzz
(36,444 posts)Allies? If I'm not mistaken, this damn administration ran of the last of our allies with a few telephone calls.
asiliveandbreathe
(8,203 posts)Putin Looms And Trump Withdraws, Estonia Is Training Civilians To Fight
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/putin-trump-estonia_us_5897905de4b09bd304bbd1dd?
Civilians are volunteering in droves to fight Russia’s little green men, should they cross the border.
NARVA, Estonia ― On weekdays, Marju Prosin is a dental saleswoman. But this weekend, the 37-year-old left her two children at home, pulled on snow fatigues, grabbed a rifle and headed to the frozen forests of Estonia to train for a guerrilla war.
She is one of 25,000 members of the Estonian Defense League, a reserve force of paramilitary volunteers who are required to keep their rifles oiled and ready. Estonia is on NATO’s front line with Russia.
Long read - lots of history - and current and past photos....oh what a web we weave...our undocumented immigrants are NOT the problem.....
So many issues - Be well all!
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)asiliveandbreathe
(8,203 posts)This area is in close proximity to our involvement with NATO forces on their border...which pootie doesn't like..
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)Yeah I'd be real nervous living in that area with Trump trying to weaken NATO for his pal Russian dictator Putin.
LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)Yes. It's one the three Baltic States in NE Europe (Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania). nt
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)in the age of Trumputin.
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)Oil and Gas Pipelines,or is it the Poppy Fields. Russia has a major Heroin problem as a result of their so called intervention in Afghanistan. Another story out there was,our troops were protecting Chinese Mining operations from the War Lords.
You just know this will be one of Donnie Dipstick's Jobs program. Hunch says we will see a Draft via Executive order.
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)I love war, in a certain way,"...I know more about ISIS than the generals do.
"Nuclear, the power, the devastation ... very important to me."
Trump has been beating the war drums for a long time. He is itching to attack Iran.
I believe that will happen by the end of the year.
Then China?
Ligyron
(7,633 posts)No matter how long we stay they will collapse the minute we leave. They can't even protect Kabul.
We should probably just leave and get it over with before too many more Ameicans are killed.
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)It's been 14 damn years and they still can't protect themselves?
BS!
