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DonViejo

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10. I see it as a trial balloon...

Reply to Comrade Grumpy (Reply #9)

Tue Jan 8, 2013, 09:12 PM

Jan 2013

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."

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Officials: US may leave no troops in Afghanistan [View all] DonViejo Jan 2013 OP

Hope this comes true. TwilightGardener Jan 2013 #1

Mecenaries included? rocktivity Jan 2013 #2

That song "Little White Lies" comes to mind dipsydoodle Jan 2013 #4

No mercenaries, but perhaps a few (thousand) security personnel JustABozoOnThisBus Jan 2013 #15

Well, there's a way to save on defense spending rocktivity Jan 2013 #17

That doesn't save on Defense spending JustABozoOnThisBus Jan 2013 #18

No troops, just drones Scootaloo Jan 2013 #3

Good point. Bring our troops and drones home. Quit murdering innocent people. nt jody Jan 2013 #16

b-b-b-b- but ....we give Al Qaida guns and money...? lib2DaBone Jan 2013 #5

Super ditto! SoapBox Jan 2013 #6

Afghan 'zero option' raised as Karzai set for Obama dipsydoodle Jan 2013 #7

No U.S. troops, no Karzai daleo Jan 2013 #13

There should've been NO US military presence there at all rachel1 Jan 2013 #8

Sounds like posturing aimed at Karzai. Still... Comrade Grumpy Jan 2013 #9

I see it as a trial balloon... DonViejo Jan 2013 #10

Very odd LiberalLovinLug Jan 2013 #11

So Obama is doing in Afghanistan, what LBJ failed to do in Vietnam? happyslug Jan 2013 #12

Some in administration push for only a few thousand U.S. troops in Afghanistan after 2014 (wash. pos alp227 Jan 2013 #14