Well Jeepers. This is a shock. I guess in the face of the Iraq/Syria/Libya mess and the random occurrences of increases in violent extremism something needs to be done, dammit!
So let's stay plowed in in Afghan. Taliban to the left and to the right, in the north, west, south and east, in Afghan in Pakistan (how many billions do we send Pakistan?) .
Remember the A-Team? "I love it when a plan comes together".
Endless war is just endless war. It doesn't matter who thinks they're steering the ship.
Oh, BTW, if you extend your pullout, you haven't pulled out. Just sayin'.
Stop the War!
U.S. nears deal to modify military pullout from Afghanistan
KABUL — The United States and Afghanistan are nearing agreement to rewrite key aspects of their plan for ending U.S. military involvement in the war against Taliban and al-Qaeda fighters here, U.S. and Afghan officials said Saturday.
In a joint appearance, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and visiting U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter acknowledged that they are rethinking the pace of the U.S. military withdrawal, the scope and frequency of U.S. counterterrorism raids and whether they should keep U.S. bases open longer than projected. Although they declined to offer more specifics, they indicated that a new deal could be reached as soon as next month, when Ghani is scheduled to visit Washington to meet with President Obama.
Afghan officials and U.S. military commanders have previously acknowledged pressing Obama for more leeway in determining how quickly the remaining 10,600 U.S. troops in Afghanistan are withdrawn over the next two years. But the comments Saturday by Ghani and Carter were the clearest sign yet that changes are afoot.