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General Category => Military/Defense News => Topic started by: rangerrebew on April 15, 2021, 11:00:17 am
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Biden faces bipartisan pushback over plan to withdraw all troops from Afghanistan by Sept. 11
Deadline date for withdrawal would mark 20th anniversary of 9/11 terrorist attacks
By Brooke Singman | Fox News
Republicans and Democrats alike sound the alarm over whether the move could be too soon.
The president plans to remove all 2,500 American troops from Afghanistan by Sept. 11, a senior defense official confirmed to Fox News, and plans to make that announcement official during remarks Wednesday afternoon.
If U.S. troops are withdrawn, that would mean all American forces would be out of the country by the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., slammed the move, saying that "precipitously withdrawing U.S. forces from Afghanistan is a grave mistake."
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-bipartisan-pushback-afghanistan-troop-withdrawal
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Mostly because a troop withdrawal will result in the loss of jobs in defense plants in their district.
There is an old truism that states "War is good for business."