Officials: US may leave no troops in Afghanistan

rocktivity

... outsourced to a contract house, like Blackwater/Xe/Academi.

deniability.

Nationalize Blackwater/Xe/Academi and draft those guys!


rocktivity

I think most of the costs are in Dept of State's budget. That way, Defense can deny having troops in Iraq. It's Hilary's army.

So why do we care what they do in Afghanistan? (sorry.. I am so naive...)

No troops in Afghanistan sounds good.

Now how 'bout ....no troops in Yemen, Turkey, Syria, Dubai, Libyia and 35 countries in Africa?

Bring our kids home... re-build America first.

"Bring our kids home... re-build America first."

I agree with that...in fact, it bears repeating and bolded, to boot!

"Bring our kids home... re-build America first."

The White House has said for the first time it is possible that no US troops will remain in Afghanistan past 2014, as President Hamid Karzai arrived in Washington for talks with Barack Obama.

Ben Rhodes, a top US security official, told reporters the administration was still considering a range of options.

Mr Karzai's three-day trip will include crucial talks with Mr Obama and other officials, but no final decision.

The Afghan president wants US troops out of Afghan towns and villages.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-20940394

I think he will have to decamp as well, or be killed once American troops are gone.

The entire occupation of Afghanistan was an imperialistic sham and it's still continuing to this day.

...while I think it was meant as a threat, I choose to take it as a promise. Pretty please.

a chance for the McCain and Graham comedy team to start complaining about the President "abandoning the Afghan people. And so, must have at least thousands and thousands of our military there."

You mean that when they say they are "ending the war and bringing the troops home", they actually are???? (unlike Iraq)

wow!

Declare Victory and pull out. This is what the Soviets did in Afghanistan, the Government they left actually outlived the Soviet Union by a whole year, but only after the Soviet Army left the Country claiming it had achieved its objectives.

Soviet Pullout from Afghanistan:15 February 1989

Attempted Coup to overthrow Gorbachev:19-21 August 1991

Dissolution of the Soviet Unionecember 1991

Fall of the Communist Government of Afghanistan:April 1992

The US withdraw, and the fall of Vietnam was quicker. and that is without a coup in the US, but Nixon did resign over Watergate on August 9th, 1974:

US Signed the agreement to end the War in Vietnam: January 23, 1973

North Vietnamese Army Entered Saigon: 29 April 1975

In many ways, Obama plan to withdraw all US Ground Forces, is like the withdraw of US Forces from Vietnam, and Soviet Forces from Afghanistan. a declaration of Victory then a withdraw of all forces, knowing the Government we support will fall within three years.

"White House officials said Tuesday that they have not ruled out leaving no troops at all when the U.N. security mandate sanctioning the international coalition expires, saying they might find non-military means to meet U.S. objectives in Afghanistan. "

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/some-in-obama-administration-push-for-only-a-few-thousand-us-troops-in-afghanistan-after-2014/2013/01/08/847597a4-59d2-11e2-9fa9-5fbdc9530eb9_singlePage.html