Thursday, August 21, 2014

Even As Iraq Implodes President Obama Is Still Committed To Withdrawing U.S. Forces From Afghanistan


Obama Holds To Afghanistan Withdrawal Deadline -- New York Times

WASHINGTON — President Obama may have ordered American warplanes back to Iraq, but he has not changed his mind about his other big military withdrawal. Mr. Obama told advisers this week that delaying the pullout of American troops from Afghanistan would make no difference there as long as the country did not overcome its political rifts.

The president, a senior administration official said, was rejecting a growing chorus of arguments in Washington that the chaos in Iraq should prompt him to reconsider his timetable for withdrawing the last soldiers from Afghanistan by the end of 2016.

“People have said, ‘Doesn’t this show that you should never take the troops out of Afghanistan?’ ” said the official, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal deliberations. “He said, ‘No, it actually points to the imperative of having political accommodation. There’s a limit to what we can achieve absent a political process.’ ”

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My Comment:
You do not have to be a genius to know that this is not going to end well.

2 comments:

Unknown said...

Obama wants IngSoc for the Party, but without the fighting with the other powers.

The man is brilliant according to some. After all he has that crease in his pants.

James said...

There are only two concerned people at that table!