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Obama to announce 34K troops to be home in 1 year
« on: February 12, 2013, 03:18:36 pm »
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Obama to announce 34K troops to be home in 1 year
AP 2/12/2013 2:55:33 PM
(AP) Obama to announce 34K troops to be home in 1 year
By JULIE PACE
AP White House Correspondent
WASHINGTON

President Barack Obama will announce in his State of the Union address that 34,000 U.S. troops will be home from Afghanistan within a year, two people familiar with his remarks said Tuesday.

That's about half the U.S. forces currently serving there, and marks the next phase in the administration's plans to formally finish the war by the end of 2014. The U.S. now has 66,000 troops in Afghanistan, down from a peak of about 100,000 as recently as 2010.

The U.S. is still finalizing plans for the size and scope of its military presence after the war ends. The White House has said it would be open to leaving no troops in Afghanistan, though it's likely that a small presence will remain, in keeping with the Pentagon's preferences.

The people familiar with Obama's remarks requested anonymity in order to discuss the troop drawdown ahead of the president.

Obama discussed the next phases of the drawdown with Afghan President Hamid Karzai during a day-long meeting in Washington last month, the first meeting between the two leaders since Obama's re-election. The two leaders agreed to accelerate their timetable for putting Afghan forces in the lead combat role nationwide, moving that transition up from the summer to the spring.

Obama will announce the troop drawdown and the future of the U.S. role in Afghanistan during a joint session of Congress that is otherwise expected to be dominated by the economy and other domestic issues.

Foreign policy has intruded in recent days, however, and the White House quickly condemned North Korea early Tuesday for its nuclear launch hours before Obama's address. The president is expected to make further remarks on this in his primetime speech.

Some private security analysts, as well as some Pentagon officials, worry that pulling out of Afghanistan too quickly will leave the battle-scarred country vulnerable to collapse. In a worst-case scenario, that could allow the Taliban to regain power and revert to the role they played in the years before 9/11 as protectors of al-Qaida terrorists bent on striking the U.S.

Many Americans, however, are weary of the war, according to public opinion polls, and are skeptical of any claim that Afghanistan is worth more U.S. blood.

The Obama administration gave the first clear signal in early January that it might leave no troops in the country after December 2014. Administration officials have said they are considering a range of options for a residual U.S. troop presence of as few as 3,000 and as many as 15,000, with the number linked to a specific set of military-related missions like hunting down terrorists.
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Re: Obama to announce 34K troops to be home in 1 year
« Reply #1 on: February 12, 2013, 03:40:55 pm »
I know I'm weary of war, and find no plausible reason for the best America has to die in Afghanistan. There is no plan, nor political will do do anything other than provide the taliban with targets.

Obama is too slow for my taste, but he is actually bringing troops home, finally. It is the one thing he's doing that I agree with, and I'm not sure Romney would have done.

This is one small candle of light in a gigantic poop storm that Obama is causing.

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Re: Obama to announce 34K troops to be home in 1 year
« Reply #2 on: February 12, 2013, 04:27:19 pm »
I don't trust Obama.

Does he mean 34,000 coming home via rotations or an actual reduction of forces?

Or will he say?

There is a drawdown underway already.  Does this mean an acceleration of that or will he just be blowing smoke, I wonder?

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Re: Obama to announce 34K troops to be home in 1 year
« Reply #3 on: February 12, 2013, 09:37:06 pm »
I don't trust Obama.

Does he mean 34,000 coming home via rotations or an actual reduction of forces?

Or will he say?

There is a drawdown underway already.  Does this mean an acceleration of that or will he just be blowing smoke, I wonder?

He's been blowing smoke since day one. Remember, he stopped the war in Iraq all by himself.
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