US Military ‘Accomplished’ Afghanistan Mission

[rangerrebew]

    US Military ‘Accomplished’ Afghanistan Mission
 
Thu, 06/17/2021 - 14:02

The U.S. military has accomplished the reason it went to Afghanistan in 2001 and is coordinating the timing of its withdrawal with the State Department, top military officials told Congress.

It won’t be like Saigon, pledged Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Army Gen. Mark Milley, referring to the chaotic final days of the Vietnam War that included dramatic rooftop evacuations of the last few U.S. diplomats from the U.S. Embassy, with one flight leaving every few minutes. 

“We have accomplished the mission for which our troops were sent to Afghanistan 20 years ago,” said Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin. DoD “is working to conduct a deliberate, orderly and safe withdrawal, as directed by the president. This is an important step in responsibly ending this two-decade-long conflict, and it offers us an opportunity to redirect our resources toward strategic competition.”

https://www.ausa.org/news/us-military-accomplished-afghanistan-mission

[rangerrebew]

 

[Absalom]

Long ago, the Pentagon morphed into another DC political institution
as our international interventions multiplied, the Great War being the catalyst.
The flunkies in the Pentagon simply mouth what they are told, or else!!!

[Fishrrman]

Say whatever you like.
But it's still gonna end up like this as the last get ready to leave:

[The_Reader_David]

Hey, W did better than most previous invaders of Afghanistan:  we kept control of the place longer than the Macedonians (Alexander the Great), the British or the Soviets.  I think the Mongols held onto it longer than we did.