Fri Sep 21, 2012, 01:14 AM

Last of 33,000 Surge Troops Leave Afghanistan

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Source: ABC News

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/09/us-officials-last-of-33000-surge-troops-leave-afghanistan/

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Only 68,000 to go.

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8 replies	Author	Time	Post
Last of 33,000 Surge Troops Leave Afghanistan (Original post)	Iwillnevergiveup	Sep 2012	OP
And 2 more years	Iwillnevergiveup	Sep 2012	#1
The Brits couldn't control it...the Russians	SoapBox	Sep 2012	#2
I've read somewhere that Obama will more than likely speed up the process after the election.	JRLeft	Sep 2012	#3
3 years and 1200 U.S. deaths later.	rug	Sep 2012	#4
Too much blood and treasure.	Socal31	Sep 2012	#5
Troop Surge = Escalation of War. Why do we allow people to pervert our language like this?	Suji to Seoul	Sep 2012	#6
+1000	EmeraldCityGrl	Sep 2012	#7
Locking, sorry, this is a duplicate. Please continue discussion and post updates here:	Rhiannon12866	Sep 2012	#8

Response to Iwillnevergiveup (Original post)

Fri Sep 21, 2012, 01:20 AM

Iwillnevergiveup (5,883 posts)

1. And 2 more years

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"The last of the 33,000 American surge troops sent to Afghanistan two years ago have left the battlefields of Afghanistan, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta said.

With the departure of the last of the surge troops, there are now 68,000 American troops in Afghanistan.

Two years ago, President Obama announced a surge of troops to Afghanistan to help increase security amid the threat of Taliban insurgents. In announcing the deployment of 33,000 additional troops, President Obama said the surge would be temporary.

A phased withdrawal plan was developed where 10,000 troops would leave Afghanistan by July 2011 and the remaining 23,000 would leave Afghanistan by the end of September 2012."

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Response to Iwillnevergiveup (Original post)

Fri Sep 21, 2012, 01:34 AM

SoapBox (5,909 posts)

2. The Brits couldn't control it...the Russians

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couldn't handle it...

I say we get the hell out!

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Response to Iwillnevergiveup (Original post)

Fri Sep 21, 2012, 01:37 AM

JRLeft (1,953 posts)

3. I've read somewhere that Obama will more than likely speed up the process after the election.

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Response to Iwillnevergiveup (Original post)

Fri Sep 21, 2012, 01:39 AM

rug (48,239 posts)

4. 3 years and 1200 U.S. deaths later.

http://icasualties.org/oef/

God knows how many Afghanis.

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Response to rug (Reply #4)

Fri Sep 21, 2012, 02:02 AM

Socal31 (1,148 posts)

5. Too much blood and treasure.

Unfortunately for the Afghan population, they will be controlled by the ultra-fundie Taliban the second we leave. The civilans that helped NATO will be slaughtered, much like in Iraq 1 and Vietnam.

It is a sad reality, but the true reality is that not one more 19 year old kid should die in an IED in the Sandbox for no reason. End the madness.

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Response to Iwillnevergiveup (Original post)

Fri Sep 21, 2012, 03:01 AM

Suji to Seoul (1,921 posts)