Special Operations Command chief: Afghans need US troops to counter Taliban

[rangerrebew]

Special Operations Command chief: Afghans need US troops to counter Taliban
Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press
 

WASHINGTON — Afghanistan’s military forces need U.S. assistance to successfully counter the Taliban, the top general for U.S. Special Operations Command told Congress on Thursday, amid debate over whether American forces should remain in the country beyond May 1.

Gen. Richard Clarke also echoed the sentiments of other military leaders, saying it’s clear that the Taliban has not upheld its commitment to reduce violence in Afghanistan and has instead made a deliberate decision to increase attacks. Those attacks have largely been on the Afghans and haven’t targeted the U.S.

President Joe Biden has said that it will be “tough” for the U.S. to meet a May 1 deadline to withdraw troops from Afghanistan that was laid out in a peace agreement between the Trump administration and the Taliban. But if the deadline is extended, Biden said, it wouldn’t be by a “lot longer.”

https://www.militarytimes.com/flashpoints/2021/03/25/special-operations-command-chief-afghans-need-us-troops-to-counter-taliban/

[rangerrebew]

Sending Special Operators to Mozambique helped being spread thinly, I suppose.

[dfwgator]

Nope, we're outta here.

[skeeter]

Oh good, an opportunity to spend more blood and treasure in this sh*thole.

Stolen elections have consequences.