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mucifer

(23,542 posts) Tue Mar 6, 2012, 10:33 PM Mar 2012

Obama: 'Now is the time for us to transition' out of Afghanistan

Reporting from Washington—
President Obama says the uproar in Afghanistan over the burning of copies of the Muslim holy book on a NATO military base illustrates the need for the American military to transition out of that country.

Obama said the Koran burning and the violence in its wake show the difficulties facing American forces even as they reduce their combat role in the region.

"Yes, the situation with the Koran burning concerns me," Obama told reporters Tuesday. "I think that it is an indication of the challenges in that environment, and it's an indication that now is the time for us to transition."

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/la-pn-obama-afghanistan-koran-burning-20120306,0,3574704.story

This is good. I hope it happens soon.

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Obama: 'Now is the time for us to transition' out of Afghanistan (Original Post) mucifer Mar 2012 OP

Obama was for the war. Was the mission accomplished, whatever it was? Bonobo Mar 2012 #1

Bonobo

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1. Obama was for the war. Was the mission accomplished, whatever it was?

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Tue Mar 6, 2012, 10:46 PM

Mar 2012

What is this "transition"?

Is it an admission that the goal is unachievable (whatever the fuck the goal WAS)

Is it giving up?

Is it saying we were successful and we're done?

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